Sentences with phrase «hold drug companies»

At Jacqueline A. Scott & Associates, our lawyers help clients who have been injured by defective or misprescribed drugs hold drug companies, doctors and pharmacists liable for the injuries they caused.

McCoy, who is co-chair for the County Executives of America's Opioid Abuse Task Force, said the lawsuit is part of a national initiative to hold drug companies accountable.

That is the position of Erie County Legislator Patrick Burke, who is sponsoring legislation to hold drug companies accountable.

At the law offices of Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., our experienced medical malpractice and drug liability attorneys are here to help you understand your options, and how to hold a drug company liable for harm.

Not exact matches

Cigna (ci) agreed to buy Express Scripts Holding for $ 54 billion in cash and stock, another move toward consolidation between U.S. health insurers and the companies that oversee patients» drug benefits.

Brendan Kennedy, the cofounder of Privateer Holdings, which owns various marijuana companies like Marley Natural and Canadian pharmaceutical - grade cannabis producer Tilray, says his companies are expanding abroad while the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and the Food and Drug Administration debate whether or not to treat the plant as a medicine or keep it in the same category as heroin.

Sarissa also holds stakes in AbbVie, Biogen and Innoviva, among other drug companies.

The reason there's no generic Viagra yet is because Pfizer, the company that makes it, holds two patents for the drug: the first for Viagra's composition — which expired in 2012 — and the second for what's called a «method of treatment,» meaning how the drug is used.

The latest pharma innovation report from Deloitte holds some pretty grim news for pharma: returns on R&D investments by large cap companies slid to a mere 3.7 % in 2016, down from the 10.1 % returns seen in 2010 (although the cost of bringing a drug to market is beginning to stabilize).

CalciMedica is a privately - held, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on CRAC channel drug discovery and development for the treatment of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases.

They asked tough questions, held companies in the drug supply chain to task, and seemed eager to learn about its complexities.

May 1 (Reuters)- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and Sanofi SA will slash the price of their expensive cholesterol drug for Express Scripts Holdings Co customers in exchange for greater patient access, with some savings to be shared with consumers, the companies said on Tuesday.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and Sanofi SA will slash the price of their expensive cholesterol drug for Express Scripts Holdings Co customers in exchange for greater patient access, with some savings to be shared with consumers, the companies said on Tuesday.

But the company said that it should not be held responsible for what happens to its drugs once the distributors send them to their customers, such as doctors and pharmacies.

Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald continue to hold a bullish stance on Spark Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ONCE) after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the company a critical recommendation for its therapy called Luxturna.

A federal judge in Delaware on Friday struck down key patents held by Acorda related to Ampyra, opening the doors for generic versions of the drug by companies including Mylan Inc (MYL.O) and Roxane Laboratories Inc..

Advancing Escalier's drug candidates through human proof - of - concept studies NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands and ENCINITAS, California, — Escalier Biosciences BV, a privately held biopharmaceutical company, today announced the closing of a $ 19 million Series B financing.

However, seeing a high number shouldn't be all that surprising, especially since almost half of the companies the biotech fund holds don't even have a drug on the market yet, so profits could be a long ways away — and this is just the nature of the industry.

Andrew observed a very dangerous trend taking hold: Doctors — who were having new drugs pushed to them by profit - driven pharmaceutical companies — began prescribing extremely powerful and addictive opioid painkillers to patients with almost reckless abandon.

Prescriber prevails is a necessary provision that ensures that anti-psychotic drugs are readily available and not held hostage to an insurance company health plan.

He said, though, that the private market needs to be held accountable, and it is imperative that Medicare be allowed to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies.

The value of stock in a multiple sclerosis drug company - which includes large holdings by members of Congress - collapsed Tuesday when company officials announced the drug failed during recent clinical trials.

Researchers who accept U.S. grants should be held to rigorous standards for disclosing outside income — such as from drug companies — according to a couple of heavyweight institutions.

Although its current products are based on single drugs, the company does hold a license to develop dual - drug nanocells.

Longevica Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is a privately held health - related technology company that is developing novel, proprietary drugs with potential use in the treatment of cancer, degenerative diseases and age - related disorders.

Dr. Allison: One of the barriers that frustrates many of the people in the field is that the different drugs which could be used in combination are sometimes held by different companies.

But Deer's investigation - nominated in February 2011 for two British Press Awards - discovered that, while Wakefield held himself out to be a dispassionate scientist, two years before the Lancet paper was published - and before any of the 12 children were even referred to the hospital - he had been hired to attack MMR by a lawyer, Richard Barr: a jobbing solicitor in the small eastern English town of King's Lynn, who hoped to raise a speculative class action lawsuit against drug companies which manufactured the triple shot.

Do you ever feel like you're being held hostage by drug companies?

A provision shielding drug companies from liability for making childhood vaccines that contain a mercury - based preservative almost held up passage of the homeland - security bill last week.

Roche Holding AG is a global pharmaceutical company that develops and distributes drugs for a number of medical issues including cancer, HIV, obesity and arthritis.

The 10 most profitable publicly - listed Swiss companies that appear in the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2010 are listed below: Rank Company Industry Sales ($ bil) Profits ($ bil) 1 Nestle Food, Drink & Tobacco 97.08 10.07 2 Novartis Drugs & Biotechnology 44.27 8.4 3 Roche Holding Drugs & Biotechnology 47.35 7.51 4 Credit Suisse Group Diversified...

The strong growth and cash flow from Humira, the continued development of their drug pipeline, and management's commitment to returning capital to shareholders through dividends has increased our estimate of fair value for the company and changed our holding period from one year to multiple years.

Perhaps, you think that with many prominent drugs coming off patent protection, a generic drug company like Teva (TEVA) or our own Biovail (BVF, for the masochist within us) would be a better holding.

On the company's website, Cooper is pictured holding a wrench in his mouth, next to the company's promise that its employees are «drug tested, background checked and highly professional.»

When companies mislead the public about the health effects of the drugs they market, for instance, we hold them accountable.

A number of cases recognize this as a necessary criterion, although London Drugs holds that conduct directly related to discharging the company's business can still be sufficiently «independent», undermining the usefulness of the concept.

At Friedman, Rodman & Frank, P.A., we aggressively hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for pushing products into the marketplace without properly testing the potential side effects of their pharmaceutical drugs.

As long as a drug company notifies the physician of the risks of a particular drug, they can not be held responsible.

The jury held Mutual Pharmaceutical liable for not realizing Sulindac's unreasonable danger to consumers, and the company modified the drug's warning label to include SJS / TEN as a possible side - effect.

If approved, this could generally make it easier to hold generic drug companies liable.

If your injuries occurred because of a drug company's negligence or irresponsible actions, we will fight to hold them accountable for your suffering.

With more than $ 1.75 million at stake, Maryland's top court says it will consider whether a pharmaceutical company could be held financially liable for negligently failing to warn doctors about a drug's potentially carcinogenic side effect even though the cancer victim contributed to the fatal disease by smoking cigarettes.

The drug injury and medical malpractice lawyers at Altman & Altman, LLP believe that the big pharmaceutical companies should be held accountable for their negligence, especially when it comes at the expense of thousands of lives.

Negligent drug companies should be held accountable for their actions.

Companies can also be held liable for offences under specific legislation such as the Securities and Futures Act (SFA), the Income Tax Act and the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes Act (CDSA).

Do not sit idly by as pharmaceutical companies make billions off harmful and irresponsible drugs; hold the corporations who wrong you liable for their irresponsible actions.

In Ontario College of Pharmacists v. 1724665 Ontario Inc., 2013 CanLII 13655 (ON SC), the court held that a call centre in Ontario that was acting for a company in Belize taking orders for drugs made in China for delivery to patients in the United States was carrying on the practice of pharmacy in Ontario to the degree that the Ontario regulator had jurisdiction over it.

When drug companies are negligent, they should be held accountable for their actions.

Suing a pharmaceutical company for drug injury damages won't undo what happened but it can help you with your costs and allow you to hold the responsible parties liabile for your pain, suffering, and other damages.

Josh has represented entrepreneurs, privately - held companies, public companies, and trade associations across various industries, including real estate, investment banking, retail banks, private equity, health care, manufacturing, intellectual property, financial services, food and drug, and government contracting.