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STAT Plus: Drug maker settles charges of offering ‘bogus’ research grants to boost use of its medicine

NewsemiaJuly 30, 2020

by NewsemiaJuly 30, 202000

In the latest imbroglio involving drug makers and kickbacks, Pacira Biosciences (PCRX) has agreed to pay $3.5 million to resolve allegations of paying doctors bogus...

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STAT Plus: Drug maker offers to slash prices on cancer medicines to end European price gouging probe

NewsemiaJuly 15, 2020

by NewsemiaJuly 15, 202000

In response to a probe into alleged price gouging, Aspen Pharma has agreed to slash the prices of six cancer medicines sold across Europe by...

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Novavax, maker of a Covid-19 vaccine, is backed by Operation Warp Speed

NewsemiaJuly 7, 2020

by NewsemiaJuly 7, 202000

Novavax has joined the ranks of Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers being supported by the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration announced Tuesday. The Gaithersburg, Md.-based...

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STAT Plus: A Chinese drug maker scores a big clinical trial win with a novel diabetes therapy

NewsemiaJune 22, 2020

by NewsemiaJune 22, 202000

Two years ago, Hua Medicine turned to the public markets to help finance its ambitious diabetes program. “Our future success depends substantially on the success...

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Nanox, maker of a low-cost scanning service to replace X-rays, expands Series B to $51M

NewsemiaJune 12, 2020

by NewsemiaJune 12, 202001

A lot of the attention in medical technology today has been focused on tools and innovations that might help the world better fight the COVID-19...

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Zynga to buy Toon Blast maker Peak for $1.8 bn

NewsemiaJune 1, 2020

by NewsemiaJune 1, 202000

Zynga to buy Toon Blast maker Peak for $1.8 bn Source link...

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First generic version of Gilead’s remdesivir will be sold by a Bangladesh drug maker

NewsemiaMay 23, 2020

by NewsemiaMay 23, 202006

A drug maker in Bangladesh has become the first company to sell a generic version of remdesivir, the latest sign of how the push to...

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STAT Plus: Novo Nordisk becomes latest insulin maker seeking to foster goodwill amid Covid-19

NewsemiaApril 14, 2020

by NewsemiaApril 14, 2020031

Yet another large insulin maker is trying to soften the financial hit many people are feeling due to the pandemic with a program that lowers...

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STAT Plus: FDA closes review of Novartis data integrity scandal without punishing the drug maker

NewsemiaApril 1, 2020

by NewsemiaApril 1, 2020039

An embarrassing scandal that Novartis (NVS) endured over data integrity has quietly come to a close, with the Food and Drug Administration instructing the drug...

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Deploy a FAQ Bot with QnA Maker, Azure Bot Service and Telegram

NewsemiaMarch 25, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 25, 2020041

Today, more and more mobile devices are integrating ‘bots’ to interact and anticipate the tastes of users. The word bot is derived from the term robot...

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STAT Plus: An Indian drug maker is slammed by FDA for tossing ‘cartloads of trash bags’ filled with documents

NewsemiaMarch 24, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 24, 2020030

Amid global anxiety over the novel coronavirus, a newly issued warning letter by the Food and Drug Administration serves as a reminder that quality manufacturing...

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A drug maker recently doubled the price of chloroquine — but in response to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s cutting it in half

NewsemiaMarch 20, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 20, 2020010

WASHINGTON — A company that makes a medication increasingly touted as a promising coronavirus treatment, known as chloroquine, doubled the drug’s price in late 2019...

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AI chatbot maker Babylon Health attacks clinician in PR stunt after he goes public with safety concerns

NewsemiaFebruary 26, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 26, 2020045

UK startup Babylon Health pulled app data on a critical user in order to create a press release in which it publicly attacks the UK...

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STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Big pharma isn’t stepping up to make a coronavirus vaccine; Chinese drug maker threatens Gilead patent

NewsemiaFebruary 12, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 12, 2020045

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Congratulations on making it this far and remember, there are only a few more...

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FDA Tells Purell Maker to Stop Making False Claims

NewsemiaJanuary 29, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 29, 2020015

The agency warned Gojo Industries that unsubstantiated claims that Purell can help prevent illnesses such as the flu, Ebola virus, norovirus and the MRSA superbug...

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FDA issues stern warning to Purell hand sanitizer maker

NewsemiaJanuary 29, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 29, 2020013

The U.S. Food and Drug Administrator has issued a strict warning to Purell-maker GOJO Industries, which claims it hand sanitizers can kill pathogens that cause...

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ByteDance & TikTok have secretly built a deepfakes maker

NewsemiaJanuary 6, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 6, 2020022

TikTok parent company ByteDance has built technology to let you insert your face into videos starring someone else. TechCrunch has learned that ByteDance has developed...

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Intel Acquires Artificial Intelligence Chip Maker Habana for $2 Billion – Forbes

NewsemiaDecember 17, 2019

by NewsemiaDecember 17, 201903

Intel Acquires Artificial Intelligence Chip Maker Habana for $2 Billion Forbes Source link...

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Minnesota sues e-cigarette maker Juul over youth vaping rise

NewsemiaDecember 5, 2019

by NewsemiaDecember 5, 201906

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued Juul Labs on Wednesday, accusing the e-cigarette maker of unlawfully targeting young people with its products to get a...

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Purdue’s Richard Sackler proposed plan to play down OxyContin risks, and wanted drug maker feared ‘like a tiger,’ files show

NewsemiaDecember 3, 2019

by NewsemiaDecember 3, 201902

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — In the early days of OxyContin, Dr. Richard Sackler, a member of the billionaire family that founded and controls Purdue Pharma, learned...