A former employee of health insurer Aetna has been hired to direct business strategies for a maker of health kiosks.

Children in the United States are more likely to experience allergies than those in other countries, according a new study.

Texas has become the latest state to defeat a bill that critics say would limit the reach of knock-off versions of biotech drugs.

An effort to allow trusted online pharmacies to add ".pharmacy" to their URLs cleared a hurdle last week as it passed an initial evaluation by the body that regulates the web address suffixes, known as generic top-level domains.

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline has acquired Swiss vaccine development company Okairos for $325 million, GSK said Wednesday.

Mylan Specialty is extending a marketing campaign around its line of emergency treatments for severe allergic reactions.

Anglo-Swedish drug maker AstraZeneca will buy Omthera Pharmaceuticals for $323 million, the two companies said.

Why does the federal government want to block independent pharmacies from providing much-needed diabetes testing supplies to older homebound patients?

In a clear case of over-zealous federal policy-making and glacial government response time, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says it will do just that beginning in July. That’s when CMS has decreed it will no longer allow small community pharmacies to deliver diabetic test kits to homebound and long-term-care patients on Medicare.

Soda may be as damaging to the teeth as some illegal drugs, according to a new study.

You might remember back in January 2011, when DSN profiled Terry Teller, a pharmacist in Lukachukai, Ariz., who uses his Navajo-language skills when working with patients. Now, according to published reports, he can add "Jedi Knight" to his resume.

Forest Labs president and CEO Howard Solomon will retire at the end of 2013, the company said.

Johnson & Johnson expects to file for Food and Drug Administration approval of more than 10 new drugs over the next four years, the drug maker said Thursday.