Regulatory

Health reform requires detailed tracking and full disclosure of fees to docs for marketing and research

FDA seeks to regulate genetic tests more actively, while encouraging diagnostic development

The effectiveness of DTC prescription advertising hinges on a consumer's thirst for information. A new study intimates the less info consumers are given up front, the more they seem willing to learn

In the wake of FDA's refusal to approve the lead drug in NicOx's pipeline, the French firm has decided to close its US headquarters.

Berwick's mission: To successfully translate the new healthcare bill into practice.

Vivus's weight-loss drug Qnexa is heading into an FDA review with the backing of generally positive study data. Will FDA give the thumbs up? Depends on how severe it thinks the side effects are.

FDA's risk-reduction requirements could be the bridge to a bright new future for the pharma industry.

Drug prices, doctor payments, and FDA regulatory decisions are candidates for expanded disclosure.

GSK's blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia was the subject of a number of studies this week offering good and bad news. But the company's big challenge is going to be FDA's advisory review panel set to meet in two short weeks.

FDA's meeting on the adoption of REMS for certain prescription opioids doesn't begin until July 22, but the agency's proposal released Tuesday portends a meeting fraught with conflict over the balance between curbing abuse and protecting patient access.

The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 has been a roaring success. So why is everybody trying to mess with it?

Under the new healthcare regime, pharma will ante up fees and rebates in return for expanded sales and safeguards.

A new Cegedim Dendrite study shows just how ill-equipped pharmaceutical companies are to deal with spending disclosure legislation, and how many are turning to third parties to do the job.

FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg looks to bolster the agency's scientific expertise.

The Indian generic firm Ranbaxy was dealt another blow this week as its version of the enlarged prostate drug Flomax was denied approval in the US just as it was about to go to market.

FDA's new Sentinel System is going live, but the signals may be difficult to assess.

Pharma companies need a clear online policy that addresses employee obligations, monitoring guidelines, and engagement roles.

Obligations to fund and support costly studies can extend beyond the period of market exclusivity, giving generics competitors an advantage.

Added funds for FDA to come from new user fees, largely for food and tobacco regulation.

The popular antidepressant is associated with up to 91 percent increase in risk of death in patients undergoing tamoxifen treatment for breast cancer.

R&D is surging, but new methods and data raise new manufacturing and regulatory challenges.

At time when people can't even get a 3 percent cost-of-living increase, how can pharma justify price hikes pushing 500 percent (in some categories). A new study by the government's General Accountability Office examines why drug products took a massive price leap in recent years.

The push for government transparency continues with Phase I of FDA's plan to expose the inner workings of that secretive cabal known as the Food and Drug Association. First up, fancy new FAQs.

Sanofi-Aventis is recalling hundreds of thousands of doses of the childrens' version of its H1N1 vaccine. Conspiracy theorists are going to have a field day.

Painkiller abuse has become so prevalent that FDA is working with pharma to create a strategy for handling misuse of all drugs across the entire opioid category.