Peregrine Market Access

Dedicated to the growth and development of Peregrine, Schmid has been elevated to partner, and Deng was promoted to senior content strategist, with the responsibility of leading projects in collaboration with an interdepartmental team of strategists, copywriters, art directors, and account service representatives to help clients identify opportunities for managed market–focused content development.

Federal Trade Commission

In a bid to improve competition in the industry, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is challenging the patents of 20 different pharmaceutical products, disputing the accuracy and relevance of their patents.

FDA

Neurocrine Biosciences won the FDA’s approval for a sprinkle capsule formulation of Ingrezza, providing a more convenient route of treatment for Huntington’s disease patients with trouble swallowing.

Ozempic, Novo Nordisk

Denmark will start putting patients suffering from type 2 diabetes on cheaper drugs before prescribing so-called GLP-1 drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic, the Danish Medicines Agency.

Amgen

Amgen investors eyeing dramatic share price gains for rivals with successful obesity drugs will be focused on any updates the biotech company may provide on its own weight-loss drug candidates when it reports quarterly earnings on Thursday.

J&J baby powder

Johnson & Johnson is moving forward with a $6.475 billion proposed settlement of tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its baby powder and other talc products contain asbestos and cause ovarian cancer, the company said today in a statement.