Healthcare Law News

On the eve of an important meeting with regulators about Vioxx four years ago, Merck's chief scientist e-mailed the drugmaker's top executives saying it was "impossible to prove" the company's own theory ...

David Spangler, a registered sexual predator, stood before a judge Tuesday morning with an unusual request.2.7

A district judge's decision to bar expert opinion purporting to show that a controversial anti-diabetes drug caused the death of a patient has been upheld by a federal appeals court.2.7

GlaxoSmithKline PLC will pay $150 million to settle claims it overcharged the government for two anti-nausea drugs, and prosecutors say they're looking into 150 cases of drug price fraud.3.1

After August's $253 million verdict against Merck & Co. in the nation's first Vioxx-related civil trial, Lisa Stringer is worried that the loss will stop the company from bringing the only painkiller that gives ...

The election debate over referendums C and D reflects a philosophical divide over the proper role of government in society, and the leaders of two rival Colorado think tanks got a chance to make their cases ...2.7

Statehouse Reporter AUGUSTA : Depending on where one is admitted for care, charges from Maine ... Medicaid and Medicare patients account for 70 percent or more of the total days of inpatient care, ranging from a low of 59 percent for Maine Medical Center in Portland to 84 percent at Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan.2.7

National Renal Alliance adds Bradley National Renal Alliance LLC has announced the addition of David C. Bradley to the company as director of mergers and acquisitions.2

WASHINGTON - Massive spending in the wake of Katrina has convinced some members of Congress that the Medicare drug benefit should be delayed.2.7

Publisher: The Heartland Institute A provision in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and ... The top-ranked region in treatment of pneumonia, Oklahoma City, had a score of 82 percent, while the lowest-ranked region, San Bernardino, California, scored 59 percent.2.7

The Guilford Lake man accused of murdering his sister has been hospitalized since Sept.2.7

Under a temporary IRS rule, workers and employers can get a tax benefit by donating the value of ... For the company, that is likely to save 7.65 percent of the value of the donated vacation time: the employer's contribution to Social Security and Medicare.2.7

While they are one of the country's favorite foods, they are soaked with trans fats, loaded with sodium and full of simple carbs, the bad kind.2.9

Environmentalists are prepared to fight the attempt in Congress to allow ANWR oil drilling.2.9

PHIL BRINKMAN pbrinkman@madison.com Assembly Republicans had hoped to finish the first day of their fall legislative session Tuesday having reversed a handful of Democratic Gov.4.2

Shares of the Palo Alto, Calif., company leapt 12% to $5.53 Tuesday after StemCells said a study showed that its proprietary human neural stem cells restored some motor function to deliberately crippled mice.2.7

Some recent settlements with pharmaceutical companies involving allegations of drug pricing and marketing fraud: _2004: Pfizer Inc.3.3

Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis said Tuesday it will seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval next year for diabetes and hypertension drugs after trials indicate the medications could transform the ...2.7

Questions about the proposed buyer of Fort Smith-based Beverly Enterprises Inc. aren't likely to come to light until the deal is in the final stages, especially after legislative committees decided against a ...2.7

JACKSON, Miss. - Bob Robinson, who has served in several high-level state government jobs, is Gov.3.2

Tax breaks designed to help Hurricane Katrina victims get their hands on needed cash could do more for higher income survivors than for the neediest, a congressional report says.6.2

WAVE 3 Medical Reporter Lori Lyle explains. Nicotine patches, gum, or cold turkey.2.7

Peter Kang , 09.20.05, 3:56 PM ET UBS Investment Research raised the price target on MedImmune to $39 from $36 ahead of the release of late-stage clinical trial data for flu vaccine CAIV-T, a ...2.7

John Gard has slammed Governor Jim Doyle's latest action on prescription drugs, and promises a veto override attempt Tuesday.2.7

Arnold Waller has two weeks of cardiac rehab left in phase II of his recovery from quadruple ... The closure stems from an audit by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services.2.7

By ANGIE JOHANNSEN, News-Tribune Editor Things are starting to get a little hectic around the office for Rennae Padderud.2.7

The possibility of using embryonic stem cells to treat disease, a strategy known as regenerative ... Kriegstein, MD, PhD, professor of neurology and director of the UCSF Institute for Stem Cell and Tissue Biology; Renee Reijo Pera, PhD, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences and co-director of the UCSF Human ...4.2

Stock News : Melissa Davis Tenet Healthcare has rid itself of at least one headache.2.7

Just as many residents of the Gulf Coast are experiencing their greatest need ever for health ... But that cannot go on indefinitely, observed Paul Hamburger, an attorney with McDermott, Will & Emery in Washington, D.2.7

Peter Kang , 09.20.05, 11:30 AM ET Bear Stearns maintained an "outperform" rating on Abbott ... Abbott shares have declined 11% so far in the third quarter, possibly on investor concerns for last week's Food and Drug Administration Xinlay panel rejection and the threat of Biaxin XL generics," Bear Stearns said.2.7

Stock News : Althea Chang Shares of a host of stem-cell companies rose Tuesday after researchers ... Althea Chang Celgene Gets FDA Panel Support 9/14/2005 6:24 PM EDT A drug advisory committee votes to recommend the approval of Revlimid.2.7

Officials from the state's five biggest counties and Baltimore have asked Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.5.1

WASHINGTON One week ago, the Office of Women's Health of the Food and Drug Administration sent out an e-mail notice to women's groups and others announcing the appointment of Norris Alderson as its new acting ...2.7

Bellwether Report is following Bipure Corporation Published in M2 PressWIRE on Tuesday, 20 ... Biopure intends to establish that its disclosures were accurate based on governing law, testimony provided by the FDA to the SEC, the FDA's review procedures and practices, and what was communicated by FDA at the relevant times.2.7

Deaths from fires blamed on cigarettes fell by a third in New York State last year, when a new law required tobacco companies to sell self-extinguishing cigarettes.