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Akorn bankruptcy, shortages are cutting off patient access to generics

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Akorn bankruptcy, shortages are cutting off patient access to generics

Representatives from the FDA and others appeared before Congress to express concern about severe financial strains plaguing the generic drug industry that have led to unprecedented drug shortages and supply chain disruptions.1.2 Empty Pill Bottle | Image credit: Yuriy Redkin-stock.adobe.com Generics account for about 90 percent of drug prescriptions in the United States, and shortages … Read more

After pushback, J&J authorizes generics of its tuberculosis drug

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Following a campaign of public pressure, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will allow a Swiss non-profit organization to supply generic bedaquiline (Sirturo) to low- and middle-income countries for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). The campaign accused the global pharmaceutical maker of playing patent games to prevent wider distribution of the drug in low-income countries. The … Read more