Author: Peter

researchers have successfully turned unhealthy patients' cells into healthy, mutation-free stem cells...focused on finding cures for mitochondrial diseases..should now be able to generate heart, brain, muscle or eye cells from mutation-free stem cells....

Dong-Pyou Han,…. sentenced to 57 months in prison for vaccine trial fraud,.. falsified data.. mixed human HIV antibodies with rabbit blood.. to falsely show…. immunity to HIV… two counts of making false statements in order to obtain NIH research grants…. fined $7.2 million on top of his prison sentence…

When a drone flies to a remote clinic in southwest Virginia...it will be delivering more than medical supplies....It will also be bringing hope to an impoverished coal mining region...delivering medicines to thousands of people seeking...medical care at the Remote Area Medical clinic in Wise County...first federally approved package delivery by a drone.“The application of drone delivery of medications is a no brainer,”..

Senator David Vitter today introduced the Safe and Affordable Prescription Drugs Act of 2015, legislation would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for the reimportation of approved American-made prescription drugs from Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Israel, South Africa, and the European Union.

"This is a crucial moment....in the ongoing battle to ensure access to safe, affordable medications for people worldwide. If the Trans-Pacific Partnership passes with the intellectual property provisions as currently written, it will have a draconian impact on hundreds of millions of people around the world, including the 800 million people in the TPP countries,"...

When it comes to innovation in the biopharma industry, the goal.. is to "break the possibility frontier."  ..."me-too" drugs do not expand the possibility frontier..."The era of ‘me-too’ drugs is on the downtrend."...

the list of the top spending direct to consumers ad spenders changes every year, there are always a few certainties and a few surprises...Television is by far the most popular medium for DTC prescription drug advertising. It accounted for more than 70% of total spending from the top 10 pharma company dollars spent on advertising...

1. Pfizer : $1.1 billion
2. AbbVie: $362.9 million
3. AstraZeneca : $340.7 million
4. Eli Lilly : $331.9 million
5. Johnson & Johnson : $257.8 million
6. Actavis : $250.5 million
7. Bristol-Myers Squibb : $222.4 million
8. Merck & Co. : $205.5 million
9. Sumitomo Corp. : $190.1 million
10. Amgen : $135.7 million

Sandoz,..the generics division of Novartis is closing an API plant in Mumbai… streamline operations in India,.. has two additional plants in Mahad,... facility in Kalwe....

CVS Health...shut down access to its online and related mobile photo services as the company investigates a potential data breach..."We have been made aware that customer credit card information collected by the independent vendor who manages and hosts CVSPhoto.com may have been compromised,"...

Matthew Peterson...pleaded guilty to federal charges of fraudulently acquiring pain medication while he was employed as a paramedic... abused his position of public trust by providing diluted pain medication to those facing critical health emergencies...also jeopardized their medical condition and potentially exposed them to contaminated medications...