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STAT+: Teva agrees to pay $450 million to settle kickback and price-fixing allegations

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Separately, the drugmaker agreed to pay $25 million to settle charges of participating in a price-fixing scheme with other generic companies. At the same time, Teva steadily raised the price of its drug by thousands of dollars. At the same time, Teva steadily raised the price of its drug by thousands of dollars.

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Gilead wins patent battle with US government over HIV PrEP drugs

Pharmaceutical Technology

This marks a significant development in a tumultuous dispute between the pharmaceutical company and the US government. In November 2019, the government sued Gilead over the company’s alleged patent infringement of the two PrEP drugs Descovy and Truvada.

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Does Medicare cover Wegovy?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Obesity wasn’t considered a medical condition when the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 went into effect in 2006, thus establishing Medicare Part D. Novo Nordisk’s Patient Assistance Program Some pharmaceutical companies offer programs to help people lower the costs of prescription drugs.

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List of Top 10 Pharma Franchise Companies in India

Fossil Remedies

Wellona Pharma is a leading WHO , GMP certified manufacturer of pharmaceutical & healthcare products and well established name in the field as an exporter and supplier of pharmaceutical finished formulation products across the globe. Cubit Healthcare is a integrated franchise pharmaceutical company. Cubit Healthcare.

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Country focus: China & APAC’s growing medical needs bring opportunities and challenges

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At the same time, lots of people with experience at multinational pharmaceutical companies have chosen to return home. All these factors will support the growth of in-house R&D-driven pharmaceutical companies and bring more innovative drugs to Asian markets.”.

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Securing every dose with an edible security technology for safe medicines

European Pharmaceutical Review

Second, pharmaceutical companies can implement serialisation of individual medicines, potentially tracking and tracing medicines to ensure brand protection. We believe that we need more scientists and researchers to work effectively at the intersection of academia, pharmaceutical companies and government agencies.

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A history of AstraZeneca

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But although it was dubbed a “dangerous game”, some companies came out on top… On 6th April 1999, two companies with similar science-based cultures and a shared vision of the pharmaceutical industry came together to form what’s now considered as one of the top ten pharma companies in the world: AstraZeneca.

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