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CVS Caremark Corporation Settles FTC Deceptive Pricing Charges

Jan 12 | News

Many Seniors and Disabled Consumers Hit With Higher Prices for Prescription Drugs

FTC Protects Consumers by Requiring Valeant to Sell Three Prescription Drugs as Condition to Acquire Rival Dermatology Businesses from Sanofi and Johnson and Johnson

Dec 12 2011 | News

Protecting competition in the market for three topical dermatology drugs, the Federal Trade Commission has approved orders requiring Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. to divest three drugs used to treat different skin ailments, as conditions of acquiring Ortho Dermatologics,...

FTC Testifies Before House Judiciary Subcommittee on Agency's Work to Promote Competition and Benefit Consumers

Dec 7 2011 | News

In testimony today before a U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee, the Federal Trade Commission detailed its work to promote competition and benefit consumers, including preventing anticompetitive mergers, restricting "pay-for-delay" pharmaceutical agreements that increase...

Statement of FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz at his Reappointment Hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee

Nov 15 2011 | News

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz delivered the following statement at a hearing today before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to consider his nomination for a second term on the Commission

FTC Requires Parent of Market Research Firm IMS Health to Sell Two Product Lines Before Acquiring Rival SDI Health

Oct 28 2011 | News

SDI's Audit Businesses Must Be Sold to Settle FTC Charges


FTC Study Finds that in FY 2011, Pharmaceutical Industry Continued to Make Numerous Business Deals that Delay Consumers' Access to Lower-Cost Generic Drugs

Oct 27 2011 | News

FTC Chairman Asks Congressional Supercommittee to Reduce the Deficit and Lower Nation's Health Care Costs by Restricting Pay-for-Delay Deals

FTC Requires Sale of Generic Cancer Pain Drug and Muscle Relaxant as Conditions of Teva’s $6.8 Billion Acquisition of Cephalon

Oct 7 2011 | News

Par Pharmaceuticals Will Acquire Drug Assets, Enter Agreement To Make Generic Provigil

FTC Report Examines How Authorized Generics Affect the Pharmaceutical Market

Aug 31 2011 | News

Finds Brand-Name Firms Use Leverage of Authorized Generic Entry to Delay Competition

FTC Staff Says Proposed New York Legislation Would Reduce Competition and Likely Lead to Higher Prescription Drug Costs

Aug 8 2011 | News

Federal Trade Commission staff, in response to a request for comment from New York State Senator James L. Seward, stated that consumers are likely to be harmed by proposed state legislation that would limit a health plan’s ability to steer beneficiaries to a lower cost mail order provider...

FTC Puts Conditions on Perrigo's Proposed Acquisition of Paddock Labs

Jul 26 2011 | News

Settlement Order Requires Sale of Six Generic Drugs to Watson Pharmaceuticals, Preserves Competition for a Future Generic Drug. The Federal Trade Commission will require generic drug manufacturers Perrigo Company and Paddock Laboratories, Inc. to sell six generic drugs under a proposed...

Blogs

When Is Software The Answer To Regulatory Concerns About Your Investigations?

When Is Software The Answer To Regulatory Concerns About Your Investigations?

Jan 30 | John Ager, Technical Consultant, Life Science, Kepner-Tregoe, Inc

Document management software enables investigators to present the information used to reach conclusions clearly and concisely and it helps reviewers to track and approve investigations.

The Benefits of Professional Project Management

The Benefits of Professional Project Management

Jan 13 | Thorsten Vammen, Director at GEA Liquid Processing in Skanderborg, Denmark

Some companies feel that they can project manage new processing facilities themselves, bringing in sub-contracted help only when it’s needed. Self-managing is possible, but there may be a better way.

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Battle over Birth Control

Battle over Birth Control

Feb 9 | Video

CNN’s The Situation Room discusses the current dispute over health care coverage for contraception. Will there be a contraception compromise?

Government Seeking $1T Campaign Against Alzheimer's

Government Seeking $1T Campaign Against Alzheimer's

Jan 18 | Video

Government advisors tried to set priorities for a national campaign to treat and manage Alzheimer's disease, which is projected to cost more than a trillion dollars in care by 2050. But as Dr. Jon LaPook reports, the plan does not include any funding.

ADHD Drugs in Short Supply

ADHD Drugs in Short Supply

Jan 11 | Video

Parents of children with attention deficit disorders are forced to travel from pharmacy to pharmacy in search of prescription medicines with no guarantees they will be available.

Study: Link Between Statins And Diabetes

Study: Link Between Statins And Diabetes

Jan 10 | Video

A recent study reveals that women who take statins may have a greate chance of developing diabetes.

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