pharmaceuticals

N.H. Part of Multistate Settlement With Pharma Company Over Cancer Drugs

By • Aug 4, 2017
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New Hampshire will receive a little over $70,000 as part of a multi-state settlement with a pharmaceutical company accused of off-label marketing and kickbacks for two of its cancer drugs, the attorney general’s office announced Friday.

Hassan Asks FDA to Fast-Track Approval of EpiPen Competitors

By • Aug 29, 2016

New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan is asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to accelerate its consideration of competing products to the EpiPen after a big increase in cost for the allergy treatment.

Hassan sent a letter to the FDA on Monday asking it to accelerate its review and work to ensure that safe and affordable generic versions of the treatment are able to come to market "as quickly as possible."

Is 'Right to Try' Right for New Hampshire?

By & • Apr 4, 2016
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Terminally ill patients in New Hampshire may soon have the right to request experimental drugs that haven’t gotten federal approval.

Supporters of the so-called “Right to Try” bill say it give patients with only months to live a way to go around the FDA approval process in the hopes of getting potentially life-saving drugs.

Sunshine Having An Impact On Drug Company Payments To Doctors In N.H.

By • Apr 30, 2013
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As part of the Affordable Care Act, pharmaceutical company payments to doctors will become public information starting in 2014. But a slice of those disclosures is already available, and the impact of transparency is being felt across New Hampshire.

In the last four years, New Hampshire doctors and nurse practitioners have taken in $5.8 million in money from drug companies.

But in 2012, for the highest earning doctors, there was a noticeable decline. In fact, every one of the top 10 recipients in the state saw his or her total compensation go down or hold flat last year.

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments In N.H. Generic Drug Case

By Amanda Loder • Mar 19, 2013
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Today the US Supreme Court heard arguments related to the case of a New Hampshire woman seriously injured after taking a generic drug.