Maine could soon prohibit parents from citing religious or personal beliefs to avoid vaccinating their children, making the U.S. state one of a half dozen cracking down during the nations’ largest measles outbreak in 25 years.
Charles River Laboratories and Janssen Pharmaceutical are both making cuts as they reprioritize their businesses, according to Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications filed with the state of California.
A California jury awarded $29 million to a woman who said abestos in Johnson & Johnson’s talcum-powder-based products caused her cancer.
Drugmakers kicked off 2019 with price increases in the United States on more than 250 prescription drugs, including the world’s top-selling medicine Humira, although the pace of price hikes was slower than during 2018.
South San Francisco-based Genentech filed with the State of California, indicating that the Roche company planned to cut 83 jobs.
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones filed a complaint on behalf of the State of California against AbbVie Inc., alleging the drugmaker gave illegal kickbacks to healthcare providers to prescribe the company’s blockbuster medicine Humira.
There is a new player in the southern California biotech industry as new venture firm Westlake Village BioPartners launched with a $320 million fund.
Britain’s Indivior was subpoenaed by the California Department of Insurance over its blockbuster opioid addiction treatment Suboxone Film, which is rapidly losing market share due to stiff competition from generic versions.
Starbucks Corp. and other roasters and retailers must serve up a cancer warning with coffee sold in California, a Los Angeles judge ruled.
California’s top court opened the door for consumers to sue Novartis AG and other makers of brand-name pharmaceutical products over injuries blamed on generic versions of the drugs manufactured by other companies.
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