The European Commission has conditionally approved Gilead’s remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19, the first drug officially cleared for use against the disease by EU regulators.
The UK’s pharmaceutical industry has published headline figures from its Disclosure UK scheme, showing payments from pharma to healthcare professionals increased in 2019.
Amgen’s reputation as a fearsome adversary in the courtroom remains intact after it won the latest round in a legal tussle with Sandoz over the patent covering the blockbuster inflammatory
Another nail has been hammered into the coffin of the pharma model of providing lavish entertainment and other benefits to doctors to encourage prescribing of medicines.