Tonix Pharmaceuticals officially has a research and development center for infectious diseases in Frederick.

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As Aphena Pharma Solutions worked to grow its footprint in both Maryland and Tennessee, it also had to navigate the challenges of the pandemic.

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Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to New York state to settle claims that the pharmaceutical giant helped fuel the opioid crisis.

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Baltimore County is poised to become the second Maryland jurisdiction to sue pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors of opioids, alleging the industry pressured doctors to over-prescribe drugs and misrepresented the risk of addiction. County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced the intended lawsuit ...

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Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential race, often cited as a boon to free-market health care, doesn’t mean drugmakers are free of scrutiny over prices, an industry leader said. U.S. pharmaceutical shares rose after the defeat of Democratic candidate Hillary ...

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Rockville-based CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported a net loss of $1.6 million in its fourth-quarter numbers compared to a loss of $1.6 million for the same period last year. CASI, which develops therapeutics for cancer and other unmet medical needs for ...

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Emergent BioSolutions, a specialty biopharmaceutical company, is expanding its manufacturing facility in Baltimore, a move that is expected to bring 158 new jobs to the city over the next four years.

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Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Bethesda, has reached a deal with Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., of Japan, for expanded licensing, development and supplying of Amitiza, Sucampo’s  treatment for chronic idiopathic constipation and opioid-induced constipation, the companies announced. Takeda has obtained global ...

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RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals Inc., of Rockville, may start clinical trials of a treatment for neurotrophic keratopathy, a disease of the cornea, within a year, the company announced. RegeneRx said it met with the Food and Drug Administration in September and as ...

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The maker of a drug Indiana wants to use for its first execution since 2009 says the anesthetic, which has never been used in lethal injections, isn't approved for that purpose and that it only recently learned of the state's intentions.

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