Biotechnology/Biologics

But it has fallen to last place among those countries in preventing deaths through use of timely and effective medical care...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is revising the way it communicates to drug companies when a marketing application cannot be approved as submitted.

...including adalimumab (Humira, Abbott), etanercept (Enbrel, Amgen/Wyeth), infliximab (Remicade, Centocor), and certolizumab pegol (Cimzia, UCB Inc.)—for data on all cases of cancer reported in children and young adults...

...investigating whether four drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other immune system diseases might increase the risk of cancer in children.

Drug and medical device companies should be banned from offering free food, gifts, travel and ghost-writing services to doctors,...

Less than a third of employers offer retiree health benefits, down from almost half in 1993, according to a survey

...a decision that was until recently all but unheard of. They decided to stop accepting payments from food, drug and medical device companies

Health insurance companies are rapidly adopting a new pricing system for very expensive drugs,

Millions of baby boomers are about to enter a health care system for seniors that not only isn't ready for them, but may even discourage them from getting quality care.