The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a jury verdict awarding $21 million to a woman who was nearly blinded and had much of her skin burned off by a generic drug that did not warn of those risks—warnings that were absent because of rules enforced by the Food and Drug Administration. FULL STORY »
Prescription drug costs may go down after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the Federal Trade Commission can proceed with its “pay-for-delay” case, which argues that pharmaceutical manufacturers illegally restrict competition by reaching deals with generic drug companies to keep... FULL STORY »
Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated Myriad Genetics' monopoly on testing for two breast cancer genes, the company's stock went tumbling as competitors announced plans to offer the same services at lower prices. FULL STORY »
Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated Myriad Genetics' monopoly on testing for two breast cancer genes, the company's stock went tumbling as competitors announced plans to offer the same services at lower prices. FULL STORY »
In a decision that lays ground rules for the oncoming wave of personalized medicine, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that companies cannot patent naturally occurring segments of human DNA, the building blocks of life. FULL STORY »
An independent study released today on the economic impact of Medicaid expansion under healthcare reform found that states' share of the cost of expanding Medicaid under reform would be lower than the cost of providing uncompensated care to their uninsured residents. FULL STORY »
Iowa hospitals were key players in a last-minute “hybrid” deal to expand Medicaid, the second such legislatively approved deal in the country. FULL STORY »
Georgia's Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital for $200 million, lost a key legal battle last week when a federal judge imposed what he called an “extraordinary and drastic” restraining order on the... FULL STORY »
Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital, lost a key legal battle when a judge imposed a restraining order on the union. FULL STORY »
Prescription drug data-miner IMS Health, Danbury, Conn., is adding social media content analysis to its repertoire, having announced the acquisition of Semantelli Corp., a social-media analytics company based in Bridgewater, N.J. FULL STORY »
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