Should patients worry about the financial relationships between drug companies and the medical industry?
The lead lobbying arm of the drug industry is threatening to pull its support for health care legislation if Democrats reduce protections for brand-name biologic drugs.
The fight over health care overhaul is on track to be the most expensive issue ever to hit the hallways of Congress.
Advocating preventive care and streamlining administrative costs are among the steps being promised by the health care industry to help cut $2 trillion in health care expenses over the next decade.
A day after the World Health Organization upgraded the swine flu to a "pandemic threat" level, the nation's pharmaceutical industry warned that a vaccine to protect against the virus could still be at least three to six months away.
Every few months, it seems, another wistful suitor pays a visit to the Raleigh offices of Robin Smith, founder and president of Biologics. Sometimes it's a rival, hoping to buy her out. Sometimes i...
Stanford University Medical Center announced Tuesday it is joining a small group of academic medical centers in banning its physicians from accepting industry gifts of any size, including drug samples.
Thursday is World AIDS Day, and scores of experimental drugs are in development to treat the deadly virus afflicting nearly 40 million people worldwide, an industry group said Wednesday.
HOW'S THIS FOR AN IDEA? TO discourage Americans from buying inexpensive drugs from Canada, maybe the drug industry should raise the specter of terrorists killing U.S. citizens with poison pills fro...
How's this for an idea? To discourage Americans from buying inexpensive drugs from Canada, the drug industry should raise the specter of terrorists killing U.S. citizens with poison pills from north of the border.
Drug makers have come under fire for "ask your doctor" style advertising and have vowed to change their ways, but research data shows they are spending more on direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertising in 2005 than they did last year.
Facing growing scrutiny over the safety of their products, the leading global drug companies last week pledged to disclose more information about their clinical trials. Adoption of this new policy, however, is completely voluntary and does not require any disclosure of exploratory trials.
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