Three civil settlements worth more than $447m in total have been reached with the US Department of Justice by Sandoz, Apotex and Sun’s Taro to resolve allegations over price-fixing. The deals follow criminal penalties previously paid by the three companies.

The Association for Accessible Medicines has appointed former Biotechnology Innovation Organization representative Joanne Duncan as its new chief operating officer.  Meanwhile, Coherus has names the new chair of its scientific advisory board, while women’s health specialist Theramex has added to its board of directors. 

Sun Pharma and some members of its senior leadership have settled a case pertaining to related party transactions and compliance deviations raised in whistleblower complaints in India.

90%-95% of specialty doctors are back at their clinics in India and pharma field force personnel are again on the move, though patient footfall is yet to fully normalize, the country’s largest drug firm Sun has indicated. While the situation isn’t quite the same in the US, the company reported sales growth in both key geographies in Q3.