LINDA A. JOHNSON

August 10, 2021 at 7:05 am

Groups make own drugs to fight high drug prices, shortages VIEW

Impatient with years of inaction in Washington on prescription drug prices, U.S. hospital groups, startups and nonprofits have started making their own medicines

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July 29, 2021 at 5:21 am

Emergent: FDA letting troubled COVID vaccine factory restart

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is allowing the problem-plagued factory of contract manufacturer Emergent BioSolutions to resume production of COVID-19 vaccine

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July 29, 2021 at 4:03 am

Merck weighed down by charges in Q2, but drug sales rebound

Merck’s second-quarter profit dove 49%, mainly due to a big charge for an acquisition and a higher tax rate, though sales of its vaccines and...

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July 28, 2021 at 3:16 pm

FDA allows automatic ‘generic’ swap for brand-name insulin

U.S. regulators have taken action that will make it easier to get a cheaper and similar version of a brand-name insulin at the drugstore

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July 28, 2021 at 4:05 am

Pfizer hikes 2021 outlook after vaccine boosts sales, profit

Strong sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and other medicines helped Pfizer nearly double its second-quarter revenue and boost its profit an impressive 59%, beating Wall...

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July 26, 2021 at 1:53 pm

Moderna expanding kids vaccine study to better assess safety

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moderna said Monday it plans to expand the size of its COVID-19 vaccine study in younger children to better detect rare side...

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July 21, 2021 at 3:56 am

Strong Q2 from J&J as pandemic-hit sales, profit recover

Johnson & Johnson’s second-quarter profit soared 73%, thanks to strong sales growth across all of its businesses as hospitals and the rest of the health...

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July 16, 2021 at 2:56 pm

New Merck pneumonia vaccine OK’d in US weeks after Pfizer’s

U.S. regulators have approved a new pneumonia vaccine from Merck, more than a month after OK'ing an improved version of rival Pfizer’s shot. Both new...

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July 14, 2021 at 3:20 pm

Johnson & Johnson recalling sunscreens due to benzene traces

Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that it is recalling five of its sunscreen products after some samples were found to contain low levels of benzene,...

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July 11, 2021 at 9:04 pm

Cuban American community leader, a survivor of Bay of Pigs invasion, among Fla. condo collapse victims

Sixty years before Juan Mora’s Florida condo building came crashing down, killing him and many others, he was among hundreds of Cuban exiles who signed...

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