Healthcare Industry News

One woman was severely injured and two firefighters were hospitalized Thursday after a fire ravaged a home on East Main Street.

"People have over time forgotten the magnitude of the risk," says Dr. Katherine Economy of Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Two people suffered minor smoke-related injuries after a "minor" train derailment inside the underground Red Line subway station at State Street and Roosevelt Road about 2 a.m., according to officials.

A new study shows more and more U.S. adults are being told by their doctor to get off their duffs and exercise.

A Maryland lawmaker said Wednesday that poultry feed containing a known carcinogen should be banned from Maryland farms even though its maker has already stopped selling it voluntarily.

A nonprofit legal firm is organizing Thursday's demonstration atop Mt. Soledad in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla.

About 10 percent of doctors recently surveyed said they haven't always been honest with their patients, according to new research published in the journal Health Affairs .

A panel of cancer experts voted against a new use for Amgen's Xgeva in prostate cancer on Wednesday, saying the drug's ability to slow the spread of the disease did not translate into meaningful benefits for patients.

The watchdog agency for the accounting industry says it has fined big firm Ernst & Young $2 million for alleged lapses in three audits of a pharmaceutical company.

A major generic drugmaker has paid Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Sanofi SA more than $442 million to end a decade-long patent infringement case over blockbuster blood thinner Plavix, the world's second-best-selling drug.

Stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday as leaders in Greece again attempted to reach a deal on reforms in exchange for a new bailout.

Drugmaker Sanofi SA says its earnings rose in the fourth quarter thanks to its acquisition of U.S. biotechnology firm Genzyme as well as double-digit growth in its consumer healthcare, diabetes and emerging markets businesses.

Police say they were called to a home last Friday to check the welfare of a small child.

FRANKLIN LAKES - Becton, Dickinson & Co.'s fiscal first-quarter profit fell 17 percent on increased raw material costs, higher expenses and tough pricing comparisons.

An experimental anti-clotting drug that Merck & Co. is developing was found to increase risk of dangerous internal bleeding in a second study, meaning it's unlikely to achieve the blockbuster status once expected - if it's even approved.

A customer samples some fresh baked bread at a grocery store in Cincinnati on Tuesday, Feb.

Restructuring and reduced overheads helped GlaxoSmithKline PLC return to profit in the fourth quarter, with the UK drug maker adding that the UK drug maker was optimistic about new product development this year.

British orthopedics maker Smith & Nephew has agreed to pay $22.2 million to settle U.S. criminal and civil allegations that it bribed doctors employed by the Greek government for more than a decade to win business, U.S. authorities said Monday.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has suspended two Orlando-area-based CVS pharmacies from selling controlled substances such as oxycodone, agency officials said Monday.

Visiting Nurse Association Health Group patients received holidays gifts of knitted blankets and hats provided by Nimble Fingers, a volunteer knitting and crocheting group at the Spotswood Senior Center.