The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the US House of Representatives has requested a set of documents from the FDA in order to assess whether the agency is doing enough to address the challenge of approving complex generics within its existing authorities, or whether additional authority is needed.

As industry bellwether J&J kicked-off 2019 fourth-quarter and full-year earnings season for life sciences companies, its financial results left investors feeling the cold. But with coronavirus envy sweeping a raft of smaller biotech companies, J&J may have the last laugh.

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