A survey of 2,500 technology professionals across five countries conducted by Novartis finds technology talent wants to work in health care and pharma more now than before the pandemic.

The company agreed to pay $233.9m to the US Department of Justice and $112m to the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle foreign bribery charges tied to South Korea, Vietnam and Greece.

The expected launch of BioMarin's Roctavian for hemophilia A is expected to heighten the profile of expensive gene therapies on payers' radar. Specialty drug costs are expected to continue to grow in 2021. 

CEO Bourla said he has put a disproportionate weight on helping to solve the global health crisis over general drug development during a virtual event hosted by Harvard Business Review.

Following a district court decision invalidating the '514 patent for Tecfidera, Mylan says it looks forward to launching a generic after final FDA approval is granted, despite Biogen saying it will appeal the ruling. The ANDA has a November action date.

Biogen said it will appeal the district court decision invalidating the '514 patent for Tecfidera but Mylan said it looks forward to launching a generic after final FDA approval is granted. The ANDA has a November action date.