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December 11, 2025

pharmaceuticals

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Retail giants scale for same-day prescription delivery

April 26, 2025 Tom Murphy

America’s two largest retailers want to deliver prescriptions to your doorstep in as little as a few hours. Amazon and Walmart are undergoing national expansions in same-day prescription deliveries. They’re joining a trend that has […]

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US ‘notorious markets’ report warns of risks from online pharmacies

January 19, 2025 Elaine Kurtenbach

BANGKOK — Nearly all of the world’s 35,000 online pharmacies are being run illegally, and consumers who use them risk getting ineffective or dangerous drugs, according to the U.S. Trade Representative’s annual report on “ […]

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OxyContin marketer, opioid maker announce settlements totaling $500 million

February 9, 2024 The Associated Press

An advertising agency that helped develop marketing campaigns for OxyContin and other prescription painkillers and a drugmaker announced separate agreements Thursday worth a total of $500 million to avoid going to trial on claims that […]

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Partisan lines form over Dem drug price curbs, economic plan

July 21, 2022 Alan Fram, Associated Press 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is warning that Democrats’ plans to curb drug prices would insert “socialist price controls” between Americans and the treatments they need as partisan battle lines form over […]

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Alzheimer’s drug stirs hope for patients, worry for doctors

July 6, 2021 Tom Murphy and Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

In the weeks since a new Alzheimer’s drug was approved, hopeful patients have bombarded Dr. Alireza Atri with calls and emails about a treatment that has sparked both excitement and skepticism. They want to know […]

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Thermo Fisher buying PPD in deal worth $17.4 billion

April 15, 2021 The Associated Press

WALTHAM, Mass. — Thermo Fisher is buying the clinical testing company PPD for $17.4 billion with the global pandemic creating a surge in demand. Activity in healthcare testing has gone into overdrive over the past […]

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GUARIN: Maximize biopharmaceutical innovation today — and tomorrow

September 20, 2020 Oscar Guarin

These are tough times. Like many, I am impacted across the board. My small business has seen revenue plummet. As a volunteer firefighter, I see the fear this pandemic has generated in my community. And […]

Business

French drug company accused of favoring profits over lives

July 7, 2020 Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Associated Press

PARIS — Accused of favoring profits over patients’ lives, French pharmaceutical company Servier Laboratories is facing millions of euros in potential fines and damages after a huge trial involving 6,500 plaintiffs who say the company […]

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