Valeant, Turing boosted drug prices to fuel preset profits

February 03, 2016 Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and Turing Pharmaceuticals increased the prices of newly acquired drugs to meet preset profit targets, congressional investigators wrote in memos that summarized internal company documents they obtained....

Undisclosed conflicts among FDA cancer hearing speakers

February 03, 2016 The Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee advises FDA about medication for treating cancer. The personalities of the speakers that talk at the committee meetings can influence the characteristics of decisions, as demonstrated by prior research. A new...

First group of Target pharmacies switch to CVS banner

February 03, 2016 Target pharmacies in the Charlotte, NC, area have officially been converted to the CVS banner. In coming months, the rest of Target’s 1,672 pharmacies and 79 health clinics will convert, too. “Now that we’ve got the pilot stores...