Bill Would Allow Copying of Biotech Drugs
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The Food and Drug Administration would have a legal path to approve cheaper, generic copies of biotech medicines under legislation in Congress.
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The supply of low-cost generic versions of cancer and AIDS treatments for the developing world could be blocked if Novartis wins a legal challenge to Indiaâs patent law.
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Lobbying and other political spending by the pharmaceutical industry includes:
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Regulators would get more authority over drugs sold without a prescription under a bill by three Democrats.
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Australia's Parliament on Thursday debated a bill that would lift the country's ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research.
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Governor Deval Patrick's proposal to inject $1 billion into medical research and biotechnology is a complex plan whose details have yet to be worked out, and it depends on the Legislature's willingness to fund it over a decade. But his strategy could also be more flexible and cost effective than competing plans in California and other states, according to policy ...
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WASHINGTON -- Local biotech powerhouses were comforted by yesterday's congressional testimony that urged federal regulators to take a cautious approach to approving generic versions of biologics, including mandatory human clinical trials.
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Researchers win a grant to help produce a drug that could stop flu and other diseases from replicating in humans.
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It is barely a drop of ink in the gargantuan omnibus spending bill that Congress just passed. But a provision that would give the public free access to the results of federally funded biomedical research represents a sweet victory for a coalition of researchers and activists who lobbied for the l...
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A month after a new U.S. law encouraging the development of medicines to counter bioterrorism, some drugmakers are lobbying for more incentives to make products that may never be used.
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A measure that forbids cloning human embryos but allows scientists to extract stem cells from unwanted embryos for medical research is approved by Swiss voters. The restrictive legislation is similar to that of the Netherlands and Spain.
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Far-reaching legislation to tighten the use of human tissue will come into force on Friday.
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Researchers have made a biochip that could help replace animal testing for new cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
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The Patents (Third) Amendment Bill, which might be tabled in Parliament during the coming winter session, is a Bill which will pave the way for a new patent law.
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If the plans of the Turku-based company Biotie Therapies and the Californian Somaxon Pharmaceuticals work out, Americans could soon have access to a new medicine that is claimed to work against different types ...
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The approval of a new drug is a long-term opportunity.
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Silicon Valley tycoons, Nobel laureates and Hollywood celebrities are backing a measure on California&#39;s Nov. 2 ballot to devote $3 billion to human embryonic stem cell experiments in