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J&J’s Invokana chases AZ’s Farxiga and Lilly’s Jardiance with phase 3 heart failure win

Chasing rivals from AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly/Boehringer Ingelheim, Johnson & Johnson's Invokana is vying for a piece of the lucrative heart failure market. J&am...
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Pharma-backed ‘Destination Healthy Skin’ RV nears end of 2021 road tour

The Skin Cancer Foundation wanted an excuse-proof way to encourage people to get checked for melanoma and other skin cancers. So, in 2017, it launched “Destination H...
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Pfizer, like Merck, inks deal to license COVID-19 pill and boost global supply

With its highly anticipated COVID-19 oral treatment seemingly on a fast track to approval, Pfizer already is lining it up to be manufactured as a generic by countries...
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AbbVie’s ‘unsupported’ price hikes on Humira drove $1.4B in extra U.S. drug spending, ICER says

Over the years, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) has emerged as a champion in the fight against high U.S. drug costs. In its third report on unsu...
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Viatris launched two versions of its interchangeable insulin biosimilar. Why?

It's official: Biocon and Viatris have launched their historic interchangeable insulin biosimilar, Semglee. The drug, which references Sanofi's blockbuster diabetes m...
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Buffett’s Berkshire exited Merck investment just before COVID pill boost, further trimmed AbbVie and BMS holdings

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway doesn’t appear to be the oracle of every market movement, at least not in the case of an investment in Merck & Co. The compan...
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Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo posts another win in early lung cancer, but debate over treatment approach likely remains

Bristol Myers Squibb has expanded Opdivo’s first-in-class win in pre-surgery non-small cell lung cancer, teeing up a potential FDA filing. Opdivo added to chemothera...
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Lilly and Boehringer’s Jardiance shows benefits for those with ‘intimately linked’ heart failure and kidney disease

Heart failure and chronic kidney disease often go hand in hand. And when they do, the risk of death and hospitalization increase. A new analysis from Eli Lilly and B...
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With Merck’s oral COVID-19 med molnupiravir set for authorization, U.S. spends another $1B for 1.4 million courses

With molnupiravir, Merck & Co. and Ridgeback’s oral treatment for COVID-19, apparently on the doorstep of authorization, the U.S. has moved to secure additional d...
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Biohaven taps Pfizer for global Nurtec push in deal worth up to $1.24B

Since scoring an FDA approval earlier this year to both treat and prevent migraine, Biohaven’s Nurtec ODT has jumped out ahead of Big Pharma rival AbbVie in garnering...
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