The French Competition Authority has imposed a €444m fine on three drugmakers Novartis, Roche and Genetech for implementing abusive practices to market costly eye injection over a cheaper drug.
Pharmaceutical firm Sanofi is being investigated by French prosecutors for manslaughter over birth defects associated with an epilepsy drug Depakine.
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies today announced they will appeal the $572 million civil judgment entered in Cleveland County District Court in the State of Oklahoma’s lawsuit against opioid manufacturers.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is calling on Gilead Sciences Inc., one of the largest manufacturers of HIV/AIDS drugs, to set up a $10 billion victim compensation fund for patients harmed after taking the drug maker’s TDF-based (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) drugs as part of their treatment for HIV or AIDS or taken by uninfected individuals as part of the HIV prevention strategy known as pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP.
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and related affiliates of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA), and the state of Oklahoma, have entered into an agreement for a one-time payment of $85 million to the state.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Lundbeck and Alexion Pharmaceuticals have agreed to pay a total of $122.6m to resolve allegations of paying kickbacks through copay assistance foundations.
Bayer has entered into a $775m settlement agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals to resolve litigation related with blood thinner medication Xarelto.
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Israel-based Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries have reached a global settlement to resolve three separate federal court antitrust lawsuits involving the latter’s subsidiaries.
The US court has cleared way for Dr. Reddy's Laboratories to launch generic version of Indivior’s Suboxone (buprenorphine and naloxone) sublingual film, which is an opioid addiction treatment.
Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm Pain Therapeutics has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding a complete response Letter (CRL) for Remoxy issued in August this year.
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