Teva (NYSE:TEVA) today announced that its FDA-approved generic EpiPen Jr. auto-injector is available in the U.S. The device wholesales to most retail pharmacies in packs of two for $300, or $150 per pen. Teva’s product is less than half the cost of Mylan’s non-generic EpiPen Jr., which lists at $643.89 per two-pack at Drugs.com. ”We’re […]
Insulet touts full market launch of mobile apps for Omnipod Dash
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) touted the full market launch of the Omnipod Display and Omnipod View apps for people using the company’s Omnipod Dash system. The Display app enables users to display data from their Personal Diabetes Manager device onto their smartphones. The View app gives caregivers and family members the option to remotely monitor Omnipod Dash […]
On mixed Q2 results, Glaukos announces Avedro buy
Glaukos (NYSE:GKOS) posted its second-quarter financial results this week and reported that it plans to acquire Avedro in an effort to build out its corneal health franchise. Avedro develops single-use drug formulations designed to strengthen corneal tissue and stop the progression of a degenerative corneal ectatic disease known as keratoconus. According to the Mass.-based company, the […]
Omnipod Dash sales drive Insulet Q2 results
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) reported second-quarter results yesterday that missed the consensus forecast on Wall Street, but raised its outlook for the rest of the year. The Acton, Mass.-based diabetes tech company reported profits of $1.4 million or $0.02 per share, on sales of $177.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, for a bottom-line […]
Pfizer to absorb Mylan in off-patent drug spinout
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) plans to absorb Mylan (NSDQ:MYL) as part of the spinout of its Upjohn off-patent drugs business in an all-stock deal. The deal, structured to avoid taxes on any gains from the spinout, would see each Mylan share converted into a share of the as-yet-unnamed new company. Pfizer stockholders would then own 57% of […]
Frequency Therapeutics inks $625m deal with Astellas, adds $62m Series C
Frequency Therapeutics said today that it raised a $62.0 million Series C round for the hearing loss drug it’s developing and inked a development and overseas distribution deal with Astellas Pharma that’s worth $625 million. Woburn, Mass.-based Frequency drew a $42 million Series B early this year; including the financing announced today, a $32 million […]
Avoset to develop infusion pump with unnamed pharma giant
Avoset Health said this week that it plans to develop a connected infusion pump with an unnamed pharmaceutical company. The product is set to debut in early 2021. The company touted that its technology allows physicians and pharmacists to track when patients receive infusions, how much drug was infused and which patients need additional intervention. […]
Ever Pharma launches D-mine micro infusion pump for Parkinsons
Ever Pharma today announced that it launched its D-mine portable micro infusion pump for Parkinson’s disease. The device recently received CE Mark approval in Europe and is now being rolled out in several European countries, according to the company. D-mine is designed to give users precise continuous subcutaneous drug delivery for Parkinson’s patients. “CE approval […]
SEC accuses lawyers in $1.7m PixarBio fraud
The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission this week accused a coterie of lawyers of securities fraud in connection with nearly $1.7 million in illicit stock sales involving PixarBio. The scheme began in the fall of 2014, the SEC alleged, when Connecticut lawyer Henry Sargent formed a shell company called BMP Holdings and coaxed $1,680 from […]
AbbVie to buy Allergan for $63 billion
Pharmaceutical giant AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) said today it will acquire Allergan (NYSE:AGN) for $63 billion in cash and stock. The purchase is seen as a hedge against the impending expiration of U.S. patents on AbbVie’s blockbuster drug, Humira. AbbVie will pay Allergan shareholders $188.24 per share of Allergan stock, a 45% premium to yesterday’s closing price. Humira […]
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