USA/Kanada. Joint venture: Coca-Cola considers cannabis-infused range  Soft drink maker in talks with Canadian marijuana producer about beverages to ease pain. (The Guardian, UK, 17.09.201) https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/17/j...

USA. Insurer To Purdue Pharma: We Won’t Pay For OxyContin Anymore The largest insurer in Tennessee has announced it will no longer cover prescriptions for what was once a blockbuster pain reliever. It’s the latest insurance company to...

Patent auf Hepatitis-Medikament bleibt mit Änderungen München – Das US-Pharma-Unternehmen Gilead darf sein umstrittenes Patent auf ein Hepatitis-C-Medikament behalten – allerdings mit Änderungen. Das hat das Europä...

USA. OxyContin Billionaire Patents New Drug for Opioid Treatment In recent years, America’s pharmaceutical industry has taken it on the chin. Populist demagogues have savaged drug companies for “jacking up” the price of life-sav...

Kanada. Kanadische Provinz verklagt Unternehmen wegen Opioid-Überdosen Ottawa – Angesichts des grassierenden Missbrauchs von Opioiden hat die kanadische Provinz British Columbia mehr als 40 Hersteller und Vertreiber der Schmerzmittel a...

USA. Purdue And The OxyContin Files Purdue Pharma planned an extensive marketing campaign for the launch and promotion of the painkiller OxyContin. Here are Purdue’s internal budget documents from 1996 to 2002 — files released by the ...