Monthly Archives: July 2011

New Hepatitis C Drug Wins FDA Approval Vertex Pharmaceutical’s hepatitis C drug, telprevir, received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval Monday not long after the agency cleared a competing medicine by Merck. Telprevir, which will be marketed under the brand … Continue reading →

Labor Will Be Less of a Drag on Drugstores Pharmacist-wage inflation has been a meaningful earnings headwind for drugstores over the past decade, but structural changes in the labor market should provide significant relief going forward. Our proprietary analysis suggests … Continue reading →