LONDON (Reuters) - Drugmakers still rely heavily on sales from an aging portfolio of products and the proportion of sales from newer medicines actually fell last year, after a decade of record research spending yielded few new winners.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small group of Democratic governors this week launched a counter-attack over the federal healthcare overhaul, firing back against legal challenges from nearly two dozen state attorneys general who are seeking to overturn the new law.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury on Friday awarded $8 million in compensatory damages to a Florida woman who sued Merck & Co, alleging the company’s osteoporosis drug Fosamax damaged her jaw, nine months after the first lawsuit ended in a mistrial.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More American women are choosing not to have children than three decades ago, according to a new report.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday reinstated a lawsuit that challenges an Obama administration policy for federal funding of some human embryonic stem cell research.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A taste of cow’s milk during the first two weeks of life may protect a child from later developing an allergy to the milk’s protein, a new study suggests.
LONDON (Reuters) - The 10-year-old Human Genome Project has only just begun to bring to fruition its promise to transform medicine, its founders said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brain scans may be able to predict what you will do better than you can yourself, and might offer a powerful tool for advertisers or health officials seeking to motivate consumers, researchers said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration should step in to protect patients from radiation from CT scanners, according to one expert in the ongoing debate over the safe use of medical imaging.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans spend twice as much as residents of other developed countries on healthcare, but get lower quality, less efficiency and have the least equitable system, according to a report released on Wednesday.