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Time for J&J to pay up in $124M Risperdal case as SCOTUS deflects final appealJohnson & Johnson ($JNJ) fell short Monday in its final effort to escape a Risperdal marketing penalty in South Carolina. TheU.S. Supreme Courtdeclined to take up J&J's last appeal in the case2016/1/13
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Want the skinny from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference? We've got you coveredSAN FRANCISCO--Sometimes, it can tough to be filter out what a company means from the little it says at theJ.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. So please, allow us to do the summarizing--and check back2016/1/13
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Pharma scandals spawn investor lawsuits at KaloBios, SequoiaAngry investors ofKaloBiosand Sequoia Fund are taking their pharma grievances to the courts. Shareholders at KaloBios--formerly led by pharma bad boyMartin Shkreli--are suing to get back the $5.4 mill2016/1/12
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What public outcry? New year brings dozens of double-digit drug price hikesAll eyes may be on rising drug costs, but that doesn't mean pharma companies are backing away from price hikes. In recent days, analysts have spotlighted hundreds of increases, more than 100 of them a2016/1/12
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GSK whistleblower claims to have been fired after emailing CEO about Nicoderm concernsGlaxoSmithKline's ($GSK) Nicoderm products are among the leaders in helping smokers kick their habits. But a former employeesays the study that showed their edge over competitors was flawed and that h2016/1/11
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U.K. investor Woodford calls again for breakup of 'complicated' GSKIn October, high-profile U.K. fund managerNeil Woodfordadvocated for a four-way breakup of GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK), a company he said could unlock "significant shareholder value" by splitting apart. An2016/1/11
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FDA not satisfied with Cadila's efforts to fix warfarin production, even after 15 responsesCadila Healthcarelast week got out in front of bad news by announcing it had received a warning letter from theFDAfor two of its Indian plants but was doing all that was asked by the agency. What it d2016/1/8
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Investors look for Pfizer, Allergan, Mylan, Baxalta and others to address big questions at JP Morgan conferenceThere are big questions facing some of pharma's key players this year, like whether the Pfizer ($PFE) and Allergan ($AGN) deal will get done and why Allergan thinks that is its best route. Or what Myl2016/1/8
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CEO Frazier expects Merck to be player in hep C market, M&A this yearMerck & Co.'s ($MRK) CEOKenneth Frazierexpects his company to be a player in the lucrative hepatitis C market again with the anticipated approval this month of its hep C candidate. That, along wit2016/1/7
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Novartis, not to be outdone by respiratory rivals, inks 'smart inhaler' dealRespiratory drugmakers have been looking to "smart inhaler" technology to give them a leg up on marketing in a crowded field. And Novartis ($NVS) wants a part of it. TheSwiss drugmaker is collaboratin2016/1/7