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Janssen Forms Global Public Health Group To Deliver Its Medicines To Developing World

 
• By Michael Goodman

With the formation of the GPH group, Janssen joins GSK and Sanofi in putting corporate focus on developing and delivering affordable medicines for developing countries. But where GSK seeks to improve outcomes and turn a profit, for now Janssen’s first priority is human health.

Following its big-pharma peers, Janssen Pharmaceutical Cos. announced Jan. 22 the formation of a Global Public Health Group (GPH), aligning the company’s science and global market access models under a single entity. The idea is to put more focus on how it develops and delivers its portfolio of infectious disease products to the many geographic markets it serves, particularly the resource-limited countries of Africa and Asia.

The group, which was given the same management structure and standing as other therapeutic areas at Janssen, partners with other business units as needed to advance its public health goals....

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Ocaliva: Still No Clarity On Why EU Court Opposed Revocation Of Approval

 
• By Neena Brizmohun

Advanz Pharma would have had to show that the European Commission’s decision to revoke Ocaliva’s conditional marketing approval risked causing serious and irreparable harm, according to lawyers from Van Bael & Bellis.

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Brazil Pilots Digital Drug Pack Inserts

 
• By Francesca Bruce

A new pilot aims to take Brazil closer to ‘digital transformation.’

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US FDA Meeting Drought Ends … With A Vengeance

 
• By Michael McCaughan

The first 100 days of the Trump Administration were notable for an extraordinary decline in the number of public meetings hosted by the US Food and Drug Administration. But the schedule changed quickly.

PBM Investigation, Enforcement Action ‘Critical Priorities’ At FTC, Chair Says

 
• By Cathy Kelly

The new FTC chair addressed concerns that staffing cuts will undermine the commission’s commitment to pharmacy benefit manager oversight.

Could EU Collective Procurement Counter US Most Favored Nation Policy?

 
• By Francesca Bruce

Joint procurement, if used by member states to respond to potential pricing and access challenges caused by a US most favored nations pricing policy, would cause more uncertainty for pharmaceutical companies, warn industry representatives.