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Recon: Purdue’s Sacklers reach terms on $6B opioid settlement with states; Biogen begins layoffs amid sluggish sales of Aduhelm

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Recon: Purdue’s Sacklers reach terms on $6B opioid settlement with states; Biogen begins layoffs amid sluggish sales of Aduhelm

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In Focus: US
  • Purdue’s Sacklers Reach $6 Billion Opioid Settlement With States (Bloomberg) (Law360)
  • FDA begins court-mandated release of thousands of pages on Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine review (Endpoints)
  • Pushing back against Eli Lilly motion, federal judge sends years-long whistleblower case to trial (Endpoints)
  • US FDA Bioresearch Monitoring Program’s Reliance On Remote Assessment Tools Grows (The Pink Sheet)
  • Civica aims to launch low-cost insulin in US by 2024 (Reuters) (STAT)
  • HHS Inspector General to examine biosimilars use in Medicare Part B (BioPharma Reporter)
  • Biden’s ‘Test To Treat’ Plan Will Include Merck And Pfizer COVID Pills, But Only One Gets Public Thanks (The Pink Sheet)
  • U.S. healthcare agencies request data on COVID misinformation (Reuters)
In Focus: International
  • Drugmakers, device companies say sanctions may hinder medical supplies to Russia (Reuters)
  • Illumina remedies on Grail bid unconvincing to EU antitrust regulators, sources say (Reuters)
  • US to share some coronavirus technologies with World Health Organization (Washington Post)
  • Wuxi STA site passes EMA drug product pre-approval inspection (BioPharma Reporter)
  • EMA says not concerned by New York state data on Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (Reuters)
  • WHO OKs molnupiravir as treatment for Covid-19, after new data from India (Endpoints)
  • Russia's war in Ukraine is now delaying data readouts, as Tricida says its second-chance trial needs more time (Endpoints)
  • Roche steps up with a free supply of antibiotics for Ukraine as drug donations begin to flow (Endpoints)
  • Pfizer to provide 10 mln courses of COVID pill to developing countries -the Global Fund (Reuters)
  • WHO sees little impact on COVID-19 vaccine supplies to Africa from Ukraine war (Reuters)
Coronavirus Pandemic
  • Omicron Much Deadlier Than Flu Shows Risks of Easing Too Soon (Bloomberg)
  • Facing omicron ‘curveball,’ Inovio seeks endpoint switch amid fear it will strike out against original goal (Fierce)
  • Arthritis drug shown to reduce risk of COVID death in large UK trial (Reuters)
Pharma & Biotech
  • With Aduhelm in limbo, Biogen starts laying off employees (STAT) (BioPharma Dive)
  • Novo Nordisk more than doubles sales target for obesity drugs (Reuters)
  • Awaiting ‘definitive’ Alzheimer’s drug data, Roche and Genentech launch ambitious new study (STAT)
  • GCP Inspections: Corrective Measures For Adverse Findings Should Be Tested, US FDA Says (The Pink Sheet)
  • Sterling builds up its API capacity with big buy of Novartis campus in Ireland (Endpoints)
  • Atlas lands $450M fund to build fresh batch of biotechs (Fierce)
  • AstraZeneca, Sanofi reveal mixed hand in high-stakes RSV game, with hospitalization miss tarnishing primary endpoint hit (Fierce)
  • Avalo adjusts almost entire pipeline weeks after CEO, CFO say sayonara (Fierce)
  • Organoids reveal the tipping point when kidney damage turns irreversible (STAT)
  • Spanish Industry Calls For Dedicated Orphan Drug Reimbursement Route (The Pink Sheet)
Medtech
  • EMA Takes Over Permanent Secretariat For Medical Device And IVD Expert Panels (MedTech Insight)
  • 75% of infusion pumps have cyber flaws, putting them at risk from hackers: study (MedTech Dive)
  • Dexcom Works With FDA To Bring CGM To Hospitals After Pandemic (MedTech Insight)
Government, Regulatory & Legal
  • Regeneron Can’t Ditch COVID-19 Tech Patent Suit (Law360)
  • Cook Blood-Clot Filter Injury Suit Too Late Despite Fraud Claims (Bloomberg)
  • Walgreens Stops Texas Pharmacist’s False Claims Act Suit (Bloomberg)
  • Pinched Pharmacies Pressure FTC to Take Action on Drug Costs (Bloomberg)
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