Painkiller producer fails to maintain supply
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Chiron, the biotechnology company that left the US short of half its normal supply of flu vaccine this winter after contamination fears at its Speke factory in Liverpool, has
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GlaxoSmithKline may be temporarily down, but it's not out.
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The unexpected suspension of Chiron&#39;s production of flu vaccine created a sudden shortage of the supply available to Americans.
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Its failure to acquiesce to the FDA's request means the competition is going forward as this drugmaker's product stays stagnant.
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Dave Ellis dreads the day, less than two months from now, when his Vioxx supply will run out. He doesn&#39;t care that Merck &amp; Co.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb struggles to keep growing amid patent expirations.
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THE pharmaceutical industry was reeling last night, as AstraZeneca and Pfizer put key drug development programmes on hold and Eli Lilly issued a warning on one of its best selling medicines.
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British producers struggle to keep up with consumers' soaring demand.
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Importing cheaper drugs from up north isn't as simple as it seems
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PFIZER, the drugs group best known for producing Viagra, has suffered a collapse in US sales of its blockbuster Celebrex painkiller on the back of clinical trials showing a heightened risk of heart attacks.
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Seventeen local drug manufacturers and some 100 pharmacies will be forced to stop operations by the end of this year because they have failed to meet national requirements on drug manufacturing and sales, the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration
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Despite a product ban, the company continues to deliver products.
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Merck &amp; Co. withdrew its Vioxx painkiller, which generated $2.5 billion in sales last year, because of a link to heart attacks and strokes.
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People taking Oxycontin, codeine and other powerful painkillers for chronic pain could get a 90-day supply, under a proposal Wednesday that would let patients avoid repeated doctor visits to get more than 30-day prescriptions.
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Just weeks ahead of flu season US health officials are scrambling to manage a record shortage of influenza vaccine. The US supply was cut in half Tuesday when British regulators abruptly shut down major flu-shot supplier Chiron Corp.
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Pfizer, the US drug giant, has told UK wholesalers that it will only supply enough prescription medicines to meet domestic demand in what is believed to be an attempt
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Some Canadians say they are having problems getting supplies of their prescription drugs and they blame the Internet pharmacy business for it.