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STAT+: Express Scripts overcharged postal workers by $45 million, audit says

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The report , which was released in March but received little if any public attention, examined drug spending between 2016 and 2021 within the health plan that covers more than 200,000 unionized mail carriers and post office workers, as well as retirees.

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STAT+: Contributors to psychiatry’s bible, the DSM-5, got $14 million from industry

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This latest revision, known as the DSM-5-TR, was prepared between 2016 and 2019, and published in 2022. The researchers found that, of the 55 physicians with ties to a pharmaceutical company, 91% accepted food and beverages, and 69% received compensation for travel and consulting, according to the analysis published in the BMJ.

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STAT+: Wyden decries ‘astonishingly low’ tax rates for pharma companies as he probes business maneuvers

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Thanks to changes in tax law six years ago, several of the largest pharmaceutical companies saw their tax rates fall substantially, but they also reported that most of their profits were shifted offshore in an effort to avoid paying U.S. taxes, according to a memo by a U.S. Senate Committee. in 2020, down from 19.6%

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Filings buzz in pharmaceuticals: 65% increase in cloud computing mentions in Q1 of 2022

Pharmaceutical Technology

In total, the frequency of sentences related to cloud computing between April 2021 and March 2022 was 133% higher than in 2016 when GlobalData, from whom our data for this article is taken, first began to track the key issues referred to in company filings. Other top employers with high cloud mentions included GSK, Roche and Pfizer.

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New US fill finish facility receives $4.1 billion investment

European Pharmaceutical Review

In 2016, the company announced a new facility, the single largest life sciences investment in North Carolina at the time, Butch Lawter , Chair of the Johnston County Board of Commissioners, US, explained during a press conference. This is compared to the company’s $3.9 (DKK Completion is expected between 2027 and 2029.

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Will Novartis provide new oral option for chronic hives?

European Pharmaceutical Review

While injectable biologic therapies are an effective option for CSU that is uncontrolled by these drugs, less than 20 percent of patients worldwide are treated with them, according to a 2016 British Journal of Dermatology paper and research shared by Novartis. There were 470 participants in the REMIX-1 study.

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Time to change the channel? The future for customer engagement models

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The pandemic has triggered a change in how pharmaceutical companies are engaging with healthcare professionals. When IQVIA polled non COVID-19 treating Italian HCPs in March when the crisis was at its worst, it asked HCPs if they still welcomed pharmaceutical company engagement during the crisis. The answer was yes.