Novo Nordisk's India patent on semaglutide expires this week Move to trigger wave of cheaper generics from local drugmakers Concerns raised about misuse, uneven oversight HYDERABAD, March 19 (Reuters) ...

A massive shake-up is underway in India's obesity and diabetes drug market as the patent for Semaglutide—the key ingredient behind blockbuster drugs—expires. This opens the floodgates for over 40 ...

Semaglutide is part of a group of medicines called GLP-1 receptor agonists, commonly used to manage type 2 diabetes. In recent years, it has also gained worldwide attention for helping with weight ...

Kantipuly is a preventive medicine and public health resident at McGill University and visiting scholar at the University of New Mexico. Singer is VK Rajah visiting professor of medical ethics at the ...

With 90% of prescriptions in the US filled for generic drugs, there is growing concern that supplies of the medications could be in short supply due to the ongoing situation in the Strait of Hormuz, a ...

The FDA has approved a generic version of fluticasone propionate (marketed as Flovent HFA), according to a statement issued on March 3. The approval extends the accessibility of the medication, ...

After delivering solid sales growth in a difficult 2025, Germany’s Merck KGaA may have a tougher go of things this year, which the company is crediting in part to a predicted onslaught of U.S.

Muriel, from the Auxiliary of Social Life, works at the home of Mr. T, who has multiple sclerosis, in Pas de Calais, France, on June 11, 2023. (Astier / BSIP via AFP) (CN) — For people living with ...

New Jersey has joined 42 other states in suing global pharmaceutical company Novartis and its spin-off Sandoz for engaging in what they describe as “one of the most egregious examples of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Attorney General's Office announced that states across the country reached new settlements totaling $17.85 million with two drug companies over alleged generic ...

As the midterm election year gets underway, voters are already drawing clear lines between the Democratic and Republican parties on the issues. A new Fox News survey, released Thursday, finds the ...

Democrats are ahead of Republicans by 6 percentage points on a generic congressional ballot, according to a poll released Thursday. In the Emerson College poll, 48.1 percent of respondents backed a ...