Drug maker Amgen Inc. said Friday it expanded black box warnings about risks of death and tumor growth of its blockbuster anemia drugs.
The warnings approved by the Food and Drug Administration state that the company’s drugs increased death and accelerated tumor growth in patients with early stage breast cancer and cervical cancer. Earlier labeling warned [...]
A drugs firm asked Indian officials for permission Thursday to make cheaper generic copies of cancer drugs for export to poor countries in a case watched closely by global pharmaceutical giants.
Indian firm Natco Pharmaceuticals made the plea for the country’s first so-called “compulsory licence” to the patent office as it bids to make generic copies [...]
Two-thirds of the foreign drug manufacturers subject to inspection by the Food and Drug Administration may never have been visited by agency inspectors, a government watchdog reported to Congress Thursday.
The FDA this year listed 3,249 foreign pharmaceutical manufacturers subject to its inspection — yet the agency cannot determine whether it has ever inspected 2,133 of [...]
Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drugmaker, is the world’s biggest spender on research, the European Commission said Friday.
That means it outranks rival Johnson & Johnson, software giant Microsoft Corp. and auto companies Ford Motor Co. and DaimlerChrysler AG.
Pfizer spent 5.8 billion euros ($8.18 billion) last year to take the top spot from Ford on the [...]
