A list of the most profitable health insurance, medical device and drug/biologic companies, ranked by 2012 profit margin as three separate rankings. Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Published July 29, 2013, pg. 38. FULL STORY »
Funding cuts are blocking investigations into Medicare and Medicaid fraud and the data security of the new health-insurance exchanges, among other items at HHS' top watchdog agency. FULL STORY »
By Matthew Flamm, Crain's New York Business | July 25, 2013
An iPhone application that may be the future of prescription management launched Monday at a pharmacy near you—if you happen to live on New York's Upper East Side. 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 »
A new regulation will allow certain hospitals to buy orphan drugs at deeply discounted prices if they're used to treat non-orphan conditions or diseases. FULL STORY »
Bolstered by a high-profile legal victory at the U.S. Supreme Court this spring, the Federal Trade Commission has made the blocking of “pay-for-delay” settlements by drug companies one of its highest priorities—even reviewing older settlements to see if retroactive enforcement is... FULL STORY »
Executives at GlaxoSmithKline were warned nearly two years ago about critical problems with the way the company conducted research at its drug development center in China. FULL STORY »
The British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline said that some of its executives might have broken the law in China, the company’s strongest statement yet on a bribery and corruption scandal that has engulfed its China operations. FULL STORY »
When Tenet Healthcare Corp. recently agreed to pay $4.3 billion to acquire Vanguard Health Systems—after being relatively quiet on the acquisition front—it... FULL STORY »
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