Many of the drugs that are sold over-the-counter (OTC) began life as prescription medications. Anti-ulcer/heartburn drugs such as the histamine H2 antagonist, Zantac, and the proton-pump inhibitor, Prilosec, were first […]

Twenty-seven years ago George Yancopoulos was a scientific superstar, a professor of biology at Columbia at age 28. But his father, a first-generation Greek immigrant, kept complaining about how little […]

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries may have found the deal it wanted in purchasing Allergan’s generics business for $40.5 billion in cash and stock, but the Israeli pharmaceutical company stands to lose around $300 […]

Anthem and Cigna, which announced a $54 billion merger on Friday morning, probably won’t be able to consummate their deal for at least a year. Regulators are beginning to closely scrutinize the two […]

An appeals court ruled that Novartis AG could begin the first U.S. sales of a knockoff biotech drug on Sept. 2, a key step in efforts to contain spending on […]

DUBLIN, IRELAND–(Marketwired – Jul 21, 2015) – Horizon Pharma plc (NASDAQ: HZNP), a biopharmaceutical company focused on improving patients’ lives by identifying, developing, acquiring and commercializing differentiated and accessible medicines […]

DUBLIN, IRELAND–(Marketwired – Jul 20, 2015) – Second-quarter 2015 net sales expected to be in the range of $170 to $172 million Full-year 2015 net sales guidance range increased to […]

A Philadelphia-area Johnson & Johnson factory at the center of dozens of product recalls in recent years is getting close to reopening after a long overhaul, the company said Tuesday, […]

Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is probably best known for its lines of household staples like Band-Aids, Tylenol and, of course, Johnson & Johnson baby lotion. But during the second […]

The health care industry remains exceptionally healthy: Hospitals, doctors, and other health care employers added 40,100 jobs in June, the latest big month for one of America’s most crucial economic […]