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Research by a collaborative group of scientists from UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Francisco and Wake Forest… »   

Officials of India’s drug regulator have been colluding with pharmaceutical firms to speed up approval procedures, allowing some drugs that… »   

GlaxoSmithKline will take its $2.6 billion bid for long-time partner Human Genome Sciences direct to shareholders this week, after its… »   

Pfizer Inc, which last week agreed to sell its baby formula business for almost $12 billion, is on the hunt… »   

A researcher at the Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC)/San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) will present findings this week on… »   

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of a generic drugmaker in a case over how companies can… »   

Seniors are using brand-name drug discount coupons even though their use is prohibited by Medicare, according to a survey from… »   

Generic drugmaker Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc said U.S. health regulators approved its copycat version of ViroPharma Inc’s antibiotic Vancocin.

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The federal Vaccines for Children (VFC) program helped corral a meningococcal outbreak in Oklahoma in 2010, state public health officials… »   

Amgen Inc and British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc announced on Monday a major collaboration deal to jointly develop and sell five… »   

A judge on Tuesday barred authorities from importing an anesthesia drug used in carrying out death sentences because the Food… »   

One in ten older adults prescribed a powerful painkiller after surgery was still filling prescriptions for the drug a year… »   

German chemicals and drugs group Bayer expects higher profit margins and sales at its healthcare division over the next three… »   

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) faces a U.S. government demand to raise its offer by $800 million from an initial proposal… »   

A Food and Drug Administration panel will meet Monday to discuss a class of drugs designed to treat chronic painful… »