Author Archives: Hank

Beck Suggests Federal Support Of Drug Research Means Government Will Be “In Charge Of The Life-Saving Drugs” Beck: “[I]s Anybody Else Concerned With The Government Being In Charge Of Our Life-Saving Drugs?” On the January 24 edition of his Fox … Continue reading →

Healthcare industry bodies unite to form LifeSciencesUK Four healthcare industry bodies have united to form a new initiative to advocate and support greater life sciences research and development in the UK. LifeSciencesUK, which consists of the Association of British Healthcare … Continue reading →

Court Takes Up Drug-Data Case The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether states can bar the sale of doctors’ prescription data to drug companies, setting the stage for a ruling likely to affect one of the pharmaceutical industry’s most powerful … Continue reading →

Pharmacy Industry Veteran Joins Millennium Pharmacy Systems as COO Millennium Pharmacy Systems, Inc. has announced that Philip J. Keough, IV has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer based in its Shared Services Center in Cranberry … Continue reading →

Drug Firm to Pay Feds $280 Million to Settle Pricing Claims Dey Pharma, LP, maker of several drugs has agreed to pay $280 million to settle U.S. Justice Department accusations that it violated the False Claims Act by artificially inflating … Continue reading →

N.C. pharma Pozen files court challenge to block generic competitor Looming patent expiration on the migraine drug Treximet has led pharmaceutical company Pozen to take further legal action to fend off generic competition. Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based Pozen (NASDAQ:POZN) said … Continue reading →

Research and Markets: China Pharmaceutical Chain Industry Report, 2010 Recent years have seen rapid growth of China’s pharmaceutical retail market, with expanding scale of chain enterprises and increasing number of drugstores, thanks to a fast-growing pharmaceutical industry and an aging … Continue reading →

Thousands of life sciences jobs lost in N.J. The pharmaceutical and medical device industries in New Jersey lost 4,900 jobs last year as business pressures led to a dramatic wave of consolidation that cost the state two venerable drug makers, … Continue reading →

Pharmacy Industry Veteran Joins Millennium Pharmacy Systems as COO CHICAGO, Dec. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Millennium Pharmacy Systems, Inc. has announced that Philip J. Keough, IV has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer based in … Continue reading →