OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma set to dissolve after judge approves its criminal sentence
The settlement is among the largest in a series of settlements by drugmakers, wholesalers and pharmacies in recent years.
The settlement is among the largest in a series of settlements by drugmakers, wholesalers and pharmacies in recent years.
The acquisition is the latest in a series of recent deals that Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. has made to increase its cancer-treatment pipeline.
The laborious process of naming a pharmaceutical takes months and sometimes years of brainstorming, trademark review, legal analysis and regulatory compliance.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last weekend directing the FDA and other federal agencies to speed research and loosen restrictions on psychedelics, a class of hallucinogenic drugs that remain illegal under federal law.
Health insurers are raising questions about the Trump administration’s plan to cover obesity drugs in Medicare next year.
The judge had been expected to sentence OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to forfeit $225 million to the U.S. government.
The criminal sentence Tuesday will mark a major step toward the company finalizing a settlement of thousands of lawsuits it faces over the toll of opioids.
Lilly has been bringing in record revenue from its weight-loss medicines, but continues to diversify its pipeline candidates through acquisitions of biotech companies that are developing new genetic therapies for cancer and other disorders.
The new class of GLP-1 drugs are generally considered safe. Their metabolic effects have been scrutinized in studies, but their psychological impact is far less understood.
Through the collaboration, Telix and Regeneron expect to develop and commercialize next-generation radiopharmaceutical therapies targeting cancer.
Trump wrote that he deemed such actions necessary “to address the threatened impairment of the national security posed by imports of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients.”
The daily oral medication, which will be branded as Foundayo, is expected to begin shipping Monday.
The drugmaker called the move a “difficult decision” but did not provide a reason for the cuts.
Centessa Pharmaceuticals is developing treatments to address daytime sleepiness and other neurological conditions.
The companies developing new weight-loss medicines have a problem: People who don’t lose weight quickly figure out they were assigned to take a placebo and are bailing out of their clinical trials.
The late-stage results handily beat earlier trials of the company’s diabetes blockbuster Mounjaro, which racked up sales of $23 billion in 2025.
The Lilly Technology Center investment includes expanding existing capabilities and the establishment of new production lines.
Novo Nordisk is dismissing its patent infringement lawsuit against telehealth company Hims & Hers after an agreement that will see Novo Nordisk’s branded weight loss medicines sold through the Hims platform.
Tim Coleman has held positions within information technology at Lilly in research and development, sales and marketing, manufacturing, and human resources.
Generic Ozempic is set to emerge in major markets from India and Brazil to China and Canada this year, reshaping the sector in those countries.