Tag Archive for: generic drugs

While the patent for Biogen’s drug has expired in the United States, it had scored a win in Europe in March.

It is the biggest change to existing medical laws in two decades, aiming to ensure all Europeans have access to innovative treatments and drugs.

An interview with Dinakaran Balasubramanian, head commercial strategy & insights, biologics, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories.

A major pharmaceutical rules overhaul, proposed by the European Commission in April, could see Europe’s share in global research and development contract by a third to 21% by 2040 translating to 2 billion euros ($2.15 billion) per year in lost investment, industry group EFPIA said today.

The Basel-based drugmaker, which spun off and listed generic drugs business Sandoz on Oct. 4, said in a statement that it expects group core operating income to grow by a percentage of “mid to high teens” in 2023, up from “low double-digit to mid teens” predicted previously.

The commission fined companies for participating in a cartel aimed at fixing the minimum price of an ingredient to produce the abdominal antispasmodic drug Buscopan and its generic versions.

With Humira finally losing exclusivity and market share, a new generation of autoimmune drugs is entering the spotlight at AbbVie.

Takeda’s top five brands all grew substantially in FY 2022, none by less than 30 percent.

Global health aid agency Unitaid has written to Johnson & Johnson’s CEO Joaquin Duato, urging “immediate action” to expand access to the company’s tuberculosis drug bedaquiline, which is protected by patents hindering generic alternatives.

A new study provides the first empirical evidence that the not-for-profit manufacturer’s business model can lead to robust drug supplies and lower medicine costs.