Drug Industry Daily

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The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) is launching a probe of the compounding crisis, asking the Massachusetts pharmacy registrar to explain why New England Compounding Center (NECC) was allowed to operate as a large-scale drug manufacturer.

Slow remediation of GMP problems at Novartis’ Lincoln, Neb., OTC drug plant has dashed hopes for a pre-2013 return to production, company officials say.

Teva’s ascending-dose, extended-regimen oral contraceptive Quartette is effective at preventing pregnancy and has a comparable safety profile to other oral birth control pills, the company said.

Over the past quarter, Sanofi has reduced its R&D spending almost 11percent and has dropped two mid-stage projects acquired in its 2008 purchase of Fovea.