Healthcare Industry News

Beaumont Health System and Henry Ford Health System have ended discussions of a proposed merger to combine their operations into a new health system.

Faced with manufacturing quality questions that caused the FDA to reject its potential Parkinson's disease treatment, Impax Laboratories has hired a committee of specialists to oversee quality improvements at its California facility.

Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs.

Early-life exposure to traffic-related air pollution was significantly associated with higher hyperactivity scores at age 7, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

With Valley Hospital struggling to modernize its own facilities through a controversial expansion project , a major competitor announced it too has visions of expansion - and it's not even open for business yet.

Two agents with the FBI's elite hostage rescue team apparently fell to their deaths while on a counterterorrism training exercise off Virginia Beach Friday.

The Boston Globe cited a league source saying Gronkowski had the procedure done on the forearm that he broke twice in the 2012 season.

Watson Pharmaceuticals , founded by a Taiwanese immigrant in the early 1980s and now a rival to generic drug giants Teva Pharmaceuticals On Monday, Watson capped its intercontinental move when the company announced a $8.5 billion deal to buy Dublin-based- Warner Chilcott .

Stop Animal Exploitation Now says a fine issued by the USDA against Mattawan-based MPI Research is not enough to force the company to change what SAEN considers improper animal-handling. MATTAWAN, MI - Scientific testing company MPI Research was fined $6,911 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday for violations of the U.S. Animal Welfare ... (more)

James Jordan, whose wife died more than three years ago from ovarian cancer, was dealt another blow Monday in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against WellStar Health System and a physician.

Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock deal valued at about $8.5 billion that would create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S. market.

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday released its review of the company's sleep aid, suvorexant, ahead of a public meeting on Wednesday.

US drugs maker Actavis, itself the subject of bid speculation, is to buy Dublin-based rival Warner Chilcott in a deal worth up to $8.5bn . The announcement on Monday comes after the two companies said earlier this month that they were in talks about a possible tie-up. Actavis's drugs include treatments for deep vein thrombosis, asthma medication ... (more)

Despite a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that found fecal bacteria in more than half of the water samples taken from metro Atlanta public swimming pools , Cobb officials said the county's pools are safe.

If you are a bus driver, the answer is probably yes. The news is also bad for manufacturing and production workers, as well as installation or repair workers, according to a survey for the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

A report says former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who serves as a bio-warfare adviser to the president and Pentagon, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplies it.

St Luke's Cheshire Hospice's retail and operations manager Steven Holmes , lottery and promotions manager, Claire Langston, and nurse Diane Collins with some of the leaflets they claim Royal Mail failed to deliver ST LUKE'S Hospice in Winsford is blaming the Royal Mail for non-delivery of a newsletter which it claims has led to a funding shortfall.

Chris Benditzky has been promoted to foreman at Hickory Construction. Vince Marshall has joined the company as a field manager.

Sean Jackman, 24, of Stoughton, the driver in last weekend's fatal car crash in Canton , was arraigned May 13 on multiple charges, including motor vehicle homicide and drunk driving.

Sean Jackman, 24, of Stoughton, the driver in last weekend's fatal car crash in Canton , was arraigned this week on multiple charges, including motor vehicle homicide and drunk driving.