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The hospital supply chain is becoming more strategic and taking a more prominent role in guiding decisions that weigh clinical outcomes against the costs of medical supplies, devices and prescription drugs. But it still has a long way to go.
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Michael Shopenn's artificial hip was made by a company based in Warsaw, Ind., a global center of joint manufacturing. But he had to fly to Europe to have it installed.
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India has partly revoked patents granted to Roche Holding AG for its breast cancer drug Herceptin, a spokesman for the drugmaker confirmed on Sunday.
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Michael Shopenn’s artificial hip was made by a company based in the remote town of Warsaw, Ind., a global center of joint manufacturing. But he had to fly to Europe to have it installed.
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Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson says it is pleased to put a legal dispute behind it after a Chinese court ordered it to pay compensation to a former distributor under an anti-monopoly law.
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The pain reliever acetaminophen, often sold as Tylenol, can cause rare but serious skin diseases, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
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Pharmacy benefit manager Catamaran Corp. said it has agreed to buy Restat for $409.5 million.
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Congress should think about clarifying the Food and Drug Administration's authority to oversee drug compounding, the Government Accountability Office concluded in a report released on Wednesday.
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Physicians could do far more to use prescription drugs more cost-effectively—in some cases, by recommending exercise or better nutrition before prescribing them in the first place, say a team of Dartmouth University researchers. The researchers are calling for more nuanced measures of...
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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.
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