Peterson Center on Healthcare

Barron's | February 07, 2020

Time for new pharmaceutical-innovation models. The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most profitable on earth, expected to be worth $1.4 trillion by the end of 2020. Last year, the four drug companies that dominated the vaccine market made $30 billion selling vaccines. The pharmaceutical industry benefits from considerable incentives, including in the form of patents and other market monopolies to sustain vaccine and treatment prices well above production cost. Society pays this price—...

AmerisourceBergen | October 22, 2021

Today, AmerisourceBergen concluded its second annual ThinkLive Trade virtual event, a three-day online summit geared toward brand, specialty, generic and consumer-product manufacturers. Over the course of the event, AmerisourceBergen leaders discussed the ever-evolving challenges and considerations that these manufacturers face when bringing products to market, and how AmerisourceBergen works with its partners to drive supply chain sophistication, maximize patient access, and move health forward...

Business Insights

Lifespin | September 16, 2022

Lifespin GmbH, based in Regensburg with offices in Boston, Massachusetts, announced that it has launched a new commercial service that, for the first time, will provide the pharmaceutical and biobanking industry with access to Lifespin’s proprietary metabolic database, along with its advanced interpretive software to assist in various phases of drug research, development, and manufacturing. Immediate applications of Lifespin’s commercial services will include quality c...

Pharmacy Market

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | March 29, 2022

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported that it had achieved an agreement with Acacia Pharma Group plc on the parameters of a plan of arrangement under Part 26 of the United Kingdom's Companies Act 2006. Acacia Pharma's current issued and to be issued, share capital is valued at approximately €94,700,000, or the equivalent of €0.90 per share, under the terms of the proposed transaction. Each Acacia Pharma shareholder would get €0.68 in cash and 0.0049 shares of...