WHY DRUGMAKERS DON'T TWITTER Some 60% of Americans say that when they need medical information, they turn to the Internet. At least half ...
Pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday it has advised medical staff in Canada to not use one batch of swine flu vaccines in ...
Jury awards $75M in punitive damages to Illinois woman in Prempro cancer case A jury in Philadelphia has ordered Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to pay a woman $75 million in punitive damages after finding a link between her breast cancer and a hormone-replacement drug. ...
Analyst says stocks will benefit from reform clarity, and from lower medical costs after 2010 An analyst for JPMorgan upgraded shares of WellPoint Inc. and Cigna Corp. Monday, saying the stocks should trade higher as the details of a federal health care ...
Asterand says Bristol-Myers Squibb extends research partnership for 3 more years Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Asterand PLC are extending a research collaboration for up to three years, Asterand said Monday. Asterand, with offices in Detroit and the United Kingdom, will continue ...
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 18: In this handout image provided by The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, guardian Moria Kelly stands between the cots of separated cojoined twins Krishna and Trishna, formerly cojoined at the head, at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne on ...
DENVER - NOVEMBER 22: Volunteers assemble early Thanksgiving meals to be delivered to home health care patients on November 22, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. Some 300 patients received meals today from Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency. The non-profit performs some 25,000 home ...
Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci S system receives regulatory approval in Japan Robotic surgical device maker Intuitive Surgical Inc. said Friday its da Vinci S system received regulatory approval in Japan. Da Vinci systems are used in heart surgeries, prostatectomies, hysterectomies and other ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic of swine flu, some are looking regretfully at one easy way to instantly double or triple the number of doses available -- by using ...
New Mexico considers Medicaid overhaul to cut costs because of looming budget shortfall Gov. Bill Richardson's administration is proposing to overhaul Medicaid and scale back health care services to some lower-income New Mexicans to cope with a projected budget shortfall of $300 ...
A US company said it would consider making its innovative flu vaccine abroad after a panel of experts advising the US drug regulator voted not to recommend it for approval. A panel of 11 experts who sit on the Vaccines and Related ...
A US company said it would make its flu vaccine abroad after a panel of experts Thursday gave the innovative product poor marks and failed to recommend it for approval by the US drug regulator. "Other countries -- Australia, for example, and ...
