Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s letter to two federal agencies comes after a ProPublica and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigation found Philips kept secret thousands of warnings about its tainted breathing machines.
FDA rejects Eli Lilly’s eczema treatment, cites manufacturing issues
Tainted CPAP machines and ventilators went to children, the elderly and at least 700,000 veterans despite internal warnings. Company insiders said the devices posed an “unacceptable” risk.
BeiGene recoups cancer drug Tevimbra from Novartis
BeiGene has no royalty payments to Novartis and the Swiss pharma giant will provide transition services to enable key aspects of drug development to continue uninterrupted.
Novo Nordisk enlists Thermo Fisher as second Wegovy manufacturer: report
A source told the outlet that Thermo Fisher is filling Wegovy injection pens at its facility in Greenville, North Carolina but it was not clear how much the factories are producing.
Pfizer unveils post-tornado relief effort for Rocky Mount
Most of the damage occurred in the Rocky Mount warehouse facility, Pfizer noted, which stores raw materials, packaging supplies and finished medicines awaiting quality approval.
Tornado severely damages major Pfizer factory in North Carolina
In a tweet, Pfizer confirmed that its Rocky Mount facility was damaged by the tornado, that workers there followed established safety protocols in order to evacuate and that all were safe and accounted for.
Samsung Biologics cranks out another supply deal with $400M Novartis order