THE joint venture between Discovery Health and UK insurer Prudential, formed to market health insurance in the UK, has been so successful it now covers more than 160000 lives in just under four years of operation, PruHealth chief operating officer Trent Rossini said yesterday.
He said he expected a solid showing in the coming months as [...]
TRENTON, N.J. - A congressional committee, investigating whether the makers of cholesterol drug Vytorin withheld data that would hurt sales, released new evidence supporting such suspicions Monday.
The Senate Finance Committee said even the researcher who led a crucial study of the drug accused Vytorin makers Merck %26amp; Co. and partner Schering-Plough Corp. of withholding negative [...]
Abbott and two units of Solvay SA, which co-promotes the drug with Abbott, illegally blocked competition by creating new formulations of Tricor with only minor changes as a way to extend patents and prevent cheaper generic versions from coming to market, according to the suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware. Tricor costs more [...]
While the cause of the allergic reactions remains unknown, the FDA said it plans to visit the Chinese plant this week as part of an investigation that the agency on Monday deemed “one of its top priorities.” Famulare portrayed the failure to inspect the [...]
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will open its first in-store medical clinics under its own brand name after leasing space in dozens of stores to outside companies that operate the quick-service health stops.
The world’s largest retailer said Thursday it will open “The Clinic at Wal-Mart” as a joint venture with local hospital systems in Atlanta, Dallas and [...]
TRENTON, N.J. - A Florida grandmother is suing the makers of cholesterol drug Vytorin, claiming that Merck %26amp; Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. misled consumers into thinking Vytorin was more effective than generic drugs.
The lawsuit, announced Thursday, seeks class action status and comes a week after the companies released a controversial study that raised questions about [...]
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Saturday said he has subpoenaed drug companies as part of an investigation into whether they concealed the results of research that found a brand-name drug was no more effective than a cheaper, generic alternative.
Cuomo said his office is investigating whether Merck %26amp; Co., Schering-Plough [...]
