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Slashing 186 jobs, Novartis hands off U.S. sales, marketing duties for migraine med Aimovig to Amgen

Novartis and Amgen were the first onto the CGRP scene with migraine drug Aimovig, but tensions ensued shortly into the drug’s launch as both partners filed dueling lawsuits against each other. But now with the migraine market becoming increasingly crowded, Novartis will cede U.S. Aimovig operations over to Amgen.  Novartis will hand previously shared joint… Read More »

Healthcare sector added 358K jobs, hospitals had first gains in 2 months

Dive Brief: The healthcare sector added 358,000 jobs throughout the last two weeks of May and the first two weeks of June, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly jobs report. Similar to last month’s report, dentists and physician’s offices saw notable gains: 190,000 and 80,000 jobs added, respectively.​ Hospitals added about 7,000 jobs,… Read More »