AbbVie makes a hefty play to boost aesthetics business, paying $550M for non-invasive body sculpting device
Facing $50B Trial, Drugmakers Minimize Roles In Opioid Sales
In a boost for AbbVie (ABBV), a U.S. International Trade Commission judge this week made an initial determination that sales of a competing version of its best-selling Botox treatment should be banned for 10 years.
Drug Cos. Say Foreign Status Outs Them From Opioid Case
Sales of the botulinum toxin product Meditoxin, from South Korean drugmaker Medytox, have been banned due to apprehensions about an unapproved ingredient, authorities said Friday.
Allergan has been battling with investors over whether it should strip CEO and Chairman Brent Saunders of one of those titles. But for now, Saunders is calling the shots, and that includes finishing a €140 million investment in a biologics manufacturing facility in Ireland.
(Reuters) - Allergan Plc said on Wednesday its experimental add-on treatment for depression failed three late-stage studies, casting doubts over its drugs pipeline and sending the Botox-maker’s shares down nearly 4 percent after the bell.
Allergan’s $560 million deal to buy Naurex has led it straight down a blind alley for depression drugs, where it’s been mugged by a decisive set of failed late-stage data.
The Supreme Court will not be coming to the rescue of a biopharma industry that is desperately unhappy with the inter partes review system for patents.