The agency offers ‘regulatory flexibility’ for certain requirements of the iPLEDGE REMS for the acne drug if manufacturers address delays in implementing the modified program.

Four years after Pfizer acquired Icagen for $56m, the big pharma sold the drug discovery firm to XRpro Sciences for up to $11m, which would seem to be a big discount if the deal gave the buyer access to compounds generated by Icagen's ion channel biology platform.

The FDA on 1 April unveiled its final guidance advising makers of brand-name opioids about what they need to do to obtain abuse-deterrent language in the labeling of their products.

Actavis CEO Brent Saunders has been the head of three different companies in less than two years, but with the $66bn acquisition of Allergan about to close any day now, he told Scrip that he's found the place where he plans to retire.