Read more drug companies stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1862/drug-companies.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:16:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74122/drugmakers-hike-prices-ahead-of-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBracing for health care reform, drug companies have been raising prices at the fastest rate in almost 20 years—even as they pledge to support Washington's goal of cutting the nation's drug bill. The pharmaceutical industry is scrambling to get the price base as high as possible before legislation to...http://www.newser.com/story/74122/drugmakers-hike-prices-ahead-of-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 7:08:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73615/big-pharma-flouts-laws-on-off-label-uses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBack in 2004, a unit of drug giant Pfizer pleaded guilty to marketing a drug, Neurotonin, for unapproved uses, paid $430 million in fines, and promised to clean up its act—which it had no intention of doing. "At the very same time Pfizer was in our office negotiating and...http://www.newser.com/story/73615/big-pharma-flouts-laws-on-off-label-uses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 8:19:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68445/pfizer-pays-record-23b-fine-for-false-marketing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPfizer will shell out $2.3 billion—a record for a health care fraud settlement—over deceptive marketing of its drugs, the Los Angeles Times reports. Pfizer and one of its subsidiaries marketed four drugs based on off-label uses specifically prohibited by the FDA. The settlement with the Justice Department...http://www.newser.com/story/68445/pfizer-pays-record-23b-fine-for-false-marketing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 13:11:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68374/drug-giants-target-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMajor drug companies are tying their fortunes to cancer like never before, the New York Times reports. The firms—inspired by advancements in science as well as the high prices cancer drugs command—are pouring unprecedented resources into the search for new cancer drugs. The drug giants hope cancer treatments...http://www.newser.com/story/68374/drug-giants-target-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 2:16:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67343/poor-nations-pick-up-tab-as-obama-woos-big-pharma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration is thwarting poor countries' access to affordable drugs in order to win Big Pharma's support for health care reform, according to Doctors Without Borders and other NGOs. As the Los Angeles Times reports, governments from Asia to Latin America are feeling pressure from Washington on their use...http://www.newser.com/story/67343/poor-nations-pick-up-tab-as-obama-woos-big-pharma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 8:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66443/pharma-to-push-obama-plan-in-150m-ad-blitz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDrug companies have authorized their lobbyists to spend up to $150 million on TV ads supporting Barack Obama's health care reform plan—a surprisingly large sum that suggests the industry still has a deal with the White House on capping pharma's costs, reports the New York Times . A few spots...http://www.newser.com/story/66443/pharma-to-push-obama-plan-in-150m-ad-blitz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 6:12:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66132/pharma-ghostwriters-penned-medical-papers-on-hrt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGhostwriters funded by a drug firm were deeply involved in writing papers supporting therapies that helped the firm’s sales boom, court papers show. The 26 scientific papers, published in medical journals from 1998 to 2005, highlighted the benefits of hormone replacement therapy over the risks, a boon to Wyeth, which...http://www.newser.com/story/66132/pharma-ghostwriters-penned-medical-papers-on-hrt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 7:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66108/activists-torch-drug-ceos-home-steal-moms-ashes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnimal rights militants have torched the home of the CEO of drug giant Novartis and stolen his mother's ashes from a Swiss cemetery, say company officials. Employees' cars have also been vandalized and attacked with crude explosive devices, reports the Wall Street Journal.http://www.newser.com/story/66108/activists-torch-drug-ceos-home-steal-moms-ashes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 2:58:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63234/easy-on-the-tylenol-fda-panel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn outside panel reporting to the Food and Drug Administration recommended today that the maximum daily dosage of Tylenol be reduced and the Extra Strength variety of the painkiller be available only by prescription, Bloomberg reports. The panel of advisers, whose suggestions are nonbinding, noted acetaminophen’s effect on the liver....http://www.newser.com/story/63234/easy-on-the-tylenol-fda-panel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 16:25:01 CDT