Generics

European antitrust officials raided drugmakers including AstraZeneca Plc (AZN) as part of an investigation into possible collusion to keep cheap generic medicine off the shelves. The European Commission said it raided a "limited number" of pharmaceutical companies that may have obstructed the...

Novartis will discontinue studies of an experimental lung-cancer cancer drug because of disappointing trial results.

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You hear a lot about drug prices going up and up, but consider the case of Ann Stewart of Mattapan, Mass., who faced a price of $146 for her diabetes medicine. After a transfer of prescriptions, she's now paying $4. And then there's financially strapped Glenn Funchess, a cancer patient in...

Swiss drug company Novartis AG (NVS) dove into the recent wave of pharma dealmaking today. The industry has been in consolidation mode as many drugs are due to come off patent in recent years, as competition from generics increases, and as pipelines at some drugmakers show little promise for future...