By Linda A. Johnson / Associated Press | July 30, 2013
Pfizer and the Justice Department say the drugmaker will pay almost $491 million to resolve an investigation into illegal marketing of the company's organ transplant drug Rapamune. FULL STORY »
While much attention was given to the decision to delay the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's employer mandate by one year, another ACA deadline quietly arrives this week. FULL STORY »
A bipartisan House bill has been introduced that would require disclosure of Medicare payment information on individual physicians and other healthcare providers and suppliers, to enable the public to compare providers of services. FULL STORY »
Pfizer, in what could be the prelude to spinning off its generic drug business, said it plans to separate its commercial operations into two units, mainly for patent-protected brands and a third for generics. FULL STORY »
By Shawn Pogatchnik / Associated Press | July 29, 2013
U.S. drugmaker Perrigo agreed Monday to buy Ireland's Elan for $8.6 billion in a deal that should allow the rapidly growing company to reduce its tax bill and boost its royalty stream. FULL STORY »
By Kelli Kennedy / Associated Press | July 26, 2013
For the first time in history, federal health officials said Friday they will ban certain types of Medicare and Medicaid providers in three high-fraud cities from enrolling in the tax-payer funded programs for the poor as part of an effort to prevent scams. FULL STORY »
Ten months after Aria Sabit arrived in Ventura, Calif., local hospital staffers noticed he suddenly developed a preference for an obscure brand of spinal implants for many of his surgeries. FULL STORY »
The world's biggest drugmakers have pledged to release detailed data about their drugs to outside researchers, a move seen by some as an effort to head off more extensive disclosure requirements. FULL STORY »
China will punish 39 hospital employees for taking illegal kickbacks from drugmakers amid a widening investigation of corruption in the country's $350 billion healthcare market. FULL STORY »
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