(WASHINGTON)When most patients go to the pharmacy to fill a new prescription, they don't think twice about turning over the note from their doctor. After all, how much could the scrawled handw...READ MORE
(CHARLESTON, W.Va.)With a national study calling West Virginia the most medicated state in the nation, some lawmakers are questioning the sale of information about state patients and doctors to the p...READ MORE
(NORWALK, Conn.)IMS Health, which provides market research to the pharmaceutical and health care industries, on Monday said second-quarter profit rose nearly 6 percent helped by strong results in ...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Health care stocks wavered in Wednesday's trading, with several health insurers rising in spite of an outlook reduction by UnitedHealth Group Inc. UnitedHealth cut its 2008 outlook...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Despite a decline in major indexes, health care providers and service companies finished higher on Friday. Major indexes lost ground Friday as oil prices set new records, and Moody...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Health care stocks fell in morning trading, as rising oil prices and financial sector concerns weighed on the markets. Major indexes skidded in morning trading, with the Dow Jones ...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Global sales of biotech drugs grew 12.5 percent in 2007 to greater than $75 billion, almost double the 6.4 percent growth in the overall pharmaceutical market, according to an IMS ...READ MORE