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A U.S. House-passed bill to establish a national system for tracking pharmaceutical drugs through the supply chain to thwart counterfeit medicines faces opposition from some Democrats, who say they want a tougher bill.
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New research raises fresh questions about which cancer patients benefit from Avastin, a drug that lost its approval for treating breast cancer nearly two years ago.
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals had a breakthrough year in 2012, and its top scientist, Dr. George Yancopoulos, led Modern Healthcare's list of the health industry's highest-paid execs for the year.
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The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences may not be the Nobel Prize, but the 11 inaugural winners aren't likely to complain. The researchers and scientists honored last week each get $3 million, more than twice the cash that comes with the Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology.
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Federal regulators have warned more than 350 medical practices that Botox they may have received from a Canadian supplier is unapproved and could be counterfeit or unsafe.
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Castlight Health, a health benefits software company, named John Doyle to the newly created role of CFO.
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Pharmaceutical industry heavyweights are teaming up to address a challenge that has long vexed drugmakers: how to improve the way experimental drugs are tested so they can get approved, and reach patients, faster.
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Susan Boland has been named president of the division of Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare that includes the system's All Saints Hospital in Racine, Wis., succeeding Ken Buser, who is retiring. Boland is senior VP and COO at All Saints and will assume Buser's role as president of Wheaton...
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AstraZeneca, a London-based drugmaker, tapped Roche executive Pascal Soriot as CEO.
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Mytrus, a San Francisco-based provider of clinical technology and services for medical and drug research, named Anthony Costello to succeed Dr. Steven Cummings as CEO.
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