February 21, 2008
Health officials to swap all flu strains in new vaccine

Health officials that were part of a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Thursday...

February 21, 2008
Hershey’s new center creates jobs in Utah

The Hershey Co. has decided to build a distribution center in Ogden, Utah, creating about...

February 21, 2008
HHS secretary encourages Kansas, Missouri to expand use of electronic records

Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt is encouraging health care partners in Kansas and...

February 21, 2008
Jury hits AstraZeneca with $215 million fine in price-inflation case

An Alabama state court jury found AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals at fault in inflating drug prices charged...

February 21, 2008
MD On-Line streamlines transactions for Blue Shield of California

MD On-Line is teaming up with Blue Shield of California to offer providers a free...

February 21, 2008
Muhtar Kent nominated as president of Coca-Cola Co. board of directors

The Coca-Cola Co. board of directors has announced Muhtar Kent as their nominee as Director...

February 21, 2008
PhRMA spent more than $22 million in lobbying efforts in 2007

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America spent more than $22 million lobbying the federal...

February 21, 2008
Prasugrel given priority review by FDA

A new drug, prasugrel, manufactured by Eli Lilly and Daiichi Sankyo, has been granted a...

February 21, 2008
Products can't claim effectiveness against diseases, FDA says

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced that Brownwood Acres Foods, Cherry Capital Services—doing...

February 21, 2008
Sellion debuts Eat My Lignans marketing campaign

Sellion recently kicked off an advertising and marketing campaign called Eat My Lignans in support...

February 21, 2008
Study indicates that taking multiple NSAIDs may lead to poorer health

A new study released recently stated that patients taking more than one nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug...

February 21, 2008
Teva introduces generic equivalent of Novartis’ Trileptal

Teva Pharmaceuticals has introduced its new drug, oxcarbazepine tablets, a generic version of Novartis’ partial...

February 21, 2008
The California Pharmacy Hall of Fame announces its three new recipients

Three people were given honors by the California Pharmacists Association for the California Hall of...

February 21, 2008
Thompson unveils Medstat v4.0 platform for health care integration

Thomson Healthcare has unveiled its new product, the Medstat Advantage Suite 4.0....

February 20, 2008
Addrenex awaiting approval from FDA for CloniBID

Sciele Pharma has announced that its business partner, Addrenex, has filed for Food and Drug...

February 20, 2008
AHRQ to aid Medicaid, SCHIP with information technology

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is preparing a program to aid Medicaid agencies...

February 20, 2008
APP announces it can cover heparin shortage

In response to Baxter International’s decision to stop selling its blood thinning heparin drug earlier...

February 20, 2008
Brand-name drug companies increase prices for third consecutive year

Pharmaceutical companies increased wholesale prices for the 50 top-selling branded drugs by an average of...

February 20, 2008
Celgene, Acceleron sign agreement with $510 million potential

Celgene has agreed to pay an upfront fee of $50 million for the rights to...

February 20, 2008
Coca-Cola presents new bottles at annual consumer analyst conference

Coca-Cola Co. is presenting a new line of contoured aluminum bottles to be tested at...

February 20, 2008
Eli Lilly introduces its third new insulin pen in the past year

Eli Lilly today launched its new insulin pen, KwikPen, which is prefilled with the Humalog...

February 20, 2008
FDA panel recommends Rotarix, despite pneumonia worries

A panel of vaccine experts for the Food and Drug Administration has recommended the approval...

February 20, 2008
Generic drug companies taking more chances in releasing patent-protected drugs

Generic drug companies are increasingly trying to gain an early advantage in challenging lucrative drug...

February 20, 2008
Gillette introduces five-blade razor for women

Procter & Gamble’s Gillette brand announced on Thursday its biggest launch since the 2001 introduction...

February 20, 2008
Google to begin hosting patient records

SAN FRANCISCO Google has announced that it will begin storing medical records of anywhere...

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