pharmaceutical

October 12, 2020 | 4:58 PM

Pennsylvania treasurer leads calls to lower price of remdesivir

Remdesivir, originally intended as a treatment for Ebola, was developed with $70 million in taxpayer funds.

By An-Li Herring/WESA

January 30, 2020 | 10:17 AM

UPMC to found its own pharmaceutical company

UPMC’s pledge to spend $1 billion on life science innovations over four years is expected to support early stage development of medical devices, software, drugs and more nationwide.

By Megan Harris/WESA

January 7, 2020 | 12:53 PM

Scientist accused in trade secret theft back in US for trial

A Chinese scientist accused of participating in a conspiracy to steal trade secrets from pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is back in the United States after being extradited to stand trial in Philadelphia.

By The Associated Press

Updated: 2019-10-17 13:51:27

Jury seated in opioid case, but settlement talks go on

By Mark Gillispie and Geoff Mulvihill/The Associated Press

August 29, 2019 | 8:08 PM

Opioid settlement would use a formula to split the money

Spelling out the way the settlement is to be split could forestall squabbles over the money and avoid what some see as the mistakes made with the hundreds of billions of dollars received under the nationwide settlement with Big Tobacco during the 1990s.

By Geoff Mulvihill and Andrew Welsch-Huggins/The Associated Press

December 7, 2018 | 1:52 PM

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Pennsylvania treasurer leads calls to lower price of remdesivir

UPMC to found its own pharmaceutical company

Scientist accused in trade secret theft back in US for trial

Jury seated in opioid case, but settlement talks go on

Opioid settlement would use a formula to split the money

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