Follow-on Biologics

FACTBOX-Winners, losers in U.S. Senate health bill
Reuters | 8 hours 31 minutes ago
Nov 21 (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate cleared the first procedural hurdle for sweeping healthcare reform on Saturday by voting to open debate on the historic legislation.

Winners, losers in U.S. Senate health bill
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 11 hours 34 minutes ago
Democrats in the U.S. Senate cleared the first procedural hurdle for sweeping healthcare reform on Saturday by voting to open debate on the historic legislation.The Senate debate due to start on Nov. 30 is expected to last for at least three weeks.

Senate health bill helps chiropractors, biologic drugmakers but whacks insurance executives
Sun (Baltimore), The | 1 day 8 hours 16 minutes ago
Chiropractors get a lift in the Senate health care bill, thanks to a senator from the state practitioners consider the birthplace of their profession ? Iowa.

FDA Expert Panel Declines to Endorse New Influenza Vaccine
Medscape (free registration) | 1 day 13 hours 16 minutes ago
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biologic Products Advisory Committee sent Protein Sciences Corporation back to the drawing board at a hearing yesterday, saying it needed more safety and efficacy data before it could wholeheartedly endorse the company's bid for licensure of its novel influenza vaccine.

Senate Healthcare Bill Preserves Biologics Exclusivity, Drugmaker Fee
FDAnews | 1 day 15 hours 17 minutes ago
The Senate’s $849 billion healthcare overhaul legislation, like the House version, gives biologics innovators 12 years of exclusivity and requires a 50 percent discount on negotiated prices for brand drugs in Medicare formularies when beneficiaries fall into a coverage gap.

Peter Orszag: Bills offer clear path to better health care
Washington Post, The | 2 days 7 hours 40 minutes ago
The nation stands on the verge of achieving fundamental health-care reform.

We can deliver health reform
Washington Post, The | 2 days 8 hours 43 minutes ago
The nation stands on the verge of achieving fundamental health-care reform.

Fact or Fiction: Generic Drugs Are Bad for You
ScientificAmerican.com | 2 days 21 hours 30 minutes ago
As we cope with the economic recession, we've all had to make concessions. It's been "good-bye" to European vacations, organic milk and magazine subscriptions. But there are those things we can't give up without risking serious illness or death, one of which is prescription medication.