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A federal judge has approved a permanent injunction restricting a generic drug company from manufacturing and distributing certain drugs until it complies with the law, the Justice Department said Thursday.
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For-profit providers face the greatest risk from slashed spending and tax hikes known as the fiscal cliff, one major credit rating agency said in a newly released outlook for the healthcare industry.
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The European financial crisis is creating a tug-of-war between the pharmaceutical industry and governments as austerity measures clamp down on reimbursements, especially for new drugs.
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Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the patent on global pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer's Viagra erectile dysfunction drug and opened the door to generic competition.
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House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders on Tuesday subpoenaed the co-owner of the compounding center connected to a deadly meningitis outbreak to testify next week.
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Healthcare remains a bulwark of an otherwise tentative economy, and employment in the sector will grow even faster during the next couple of years if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is fully implemented, according to healthcare employment experts and human resources managers, who say...
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The 227-bed Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth consistently scores in the 90s on patient-satisfaction survey percentiles, including 99th on employee satisfaction, yet the healthcare center is not satisfied with those scores, leaders say.
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At a whopping 10,879 employees, Baptist Memorial Health Care covers Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas with 14 hospitals, a college of health sciences, a home health company and physician practices.
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The 261-bed, 2,258-employee Pikeville (Ky.) Medical Center employs eight full-time chaplains, with coverage at the facility 24-7, and the facility's chapel is always open.
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With a staff that's 94% female including 86% in the executive suites, flexible scheduling options including a compressed workweek, a “new mom kit” complete with a breast pump, baby-care classes and free dietician and fitness consultations, The Women's Hospital of Newburgh, Ind., lives...
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