Walgreen and other retailers allege no-authorized generic patent settlement for extended-release metformin allowed Santarus (Valeant) to block generic entry for four years while raising the price more than 750%.

Dutch rare disease company Pharming talked to Scrip about turning a profit for the first time in the company’s history, finally restocking the pipeline in potentially blockbuster indications, and turning its attention back to Pompe disease after 20 years in the cold.

Pharming Group, a company that has been on the drug development scene since the ‘80s, has recorded a quarterly net profit for the first time – two years earlier than previously forecast.

The European specialty pharma will pay $60m upfront to Valeant to reacquire the rights to commercialize the hereditary angioedema treatment in North America.