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A new policy debate over drug regulation is emerging as the NECC scandal worsens

The looming California e-pedigree standards do not specify how to generate product codes, but random codes are easy to produce and essential for supply chain security

The Movianto acquisition presages a new era for the company

As the number of adverse events (AEs) grows year by year, regulators and industry managers are looking at automated systems to handle the burden

New study magnifies the lost opportunity for industry eighteen-fold; the global gap is $564 billion

Poduct is Aegerion Pharmaceuticals' first approved drug

HDMA's fourth edition polling its members and manufacturers, on trends in specialty distribution

Both cases involve sampling practices; both require corporate integrity agreements; and Amgen pleads guilty to a misdemeanor charge for off-label marketing of Arenesp

Letters sent to 350 doctors' offices; the same distributor as the fake Avastin case is implicated

Company is broadening its monitoring services to include devices, nutritional supplements and 'designer drugs'

Study of technical readability, and a trial of potential patients, show little progress in improving patient understanding

Latest global survey of life expectancy shows steady increases for most of the world since 2000

Peer-reviewed study correlates adverse drug events (ADEs) with form of drug administration; can pharma manufacturers help?

A $1-billion private/public partnership reaches fruition - with implications for vaccine supply chains

Annual publication polls manufacturers and distributors on temperature-controlled shipping practices

Lab is one of the early adopters of the voluntary College of American Pathologists accreditation

Abbott's long-scheduled splitup creates two giants

Annual Gallup poll shows a slightly rising ranking for most professions

After five years of deliberations, a Naming Policy for Salt Drug Substances will go into effect next May

Physicians continue to decline as the target customer base for industry marketing, according to survey repondents

Broad-based print and digital publisher will tailor service to specific health conditions

New testing shows the effectiveness of blankets in long-distance shipments; FedEx touts the value of its Boeing 777F fleet with controlled environments

New testing shows the effectiveness of blankets in long-distance shipments; FedEx touts the value of its Boeing 777F fleet with controlled environments

New study magnifies the lost opportunity for industry sixfold; the global gap is $564 billion

More doctors are expected to be charged; meanwhile, California e-pedigree meetings restart

WHO meeting bans nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) who advocate for more-comprehensive treaties

Life sciences runners-up include executives of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Dohmen Group and Gauthier Biomedical