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IBM announced today that Impax Laboratories, Inc. , a technology-based specialty pharmaceutical company, is using IBM business analytics technology to gain stronger insights into their business and better predict risks and market opportunities.

The government made the right call. In retrying former McKesson HBOC Chairman Charles McCall, prosecutors decided not to put one-time cooperator and former CEO Albert Bergonzi on the stand.

The former chairman of McKesson Corp. has been convicted of securities fraud after a retrial of a $9 billion accounting scandal case dating back a decade.

Achillion Pharmaceuticals is trying to save its spot on the Nasdaq Global Market, the exchange's middle tier.

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing small molecule drugs to treat severe medical conditions, today announced that preclinical data presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics shows that STA-9090, a novel, synthetic inhibitor of ...

Calling Sam Brownbacks election as Kansas next governor premature, Kansas Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a candidate of their own: Tom Wiggans, a retired Olathe pharmaceutical executive.Wiggans, 57, is a political newcomer largely unknown in the state he hopes to lead.

AMITYVILLE,A N.Y. Sleep will soon come in spray form. Drug maker Hi-Tech Pharmacal announced a $3 million agreement with NovaDel Pharma to market Zolpimist , an oral spray for short-term treatment of insomnia.

"? Matthew Perrone, Associated Press WASHINGTON As federal regulators take their first tentative steps toward policing the wild west of medical information online, pharmaceutical companies are pressing their case to market drugs via Google, Twitter and other websites.

The CEO of one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the country said on Friday that he and others in the industry would switch their support for health care reform to opposition if Congress settles on legislation passed by the House of Representatives.

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"This is literally a life-and-death issue that must be handled with great care." -- Celgene spokesman Brian Gill, as quoted in The Wall Street Journal .

Cephalon Inc. will give Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. a license to sell a generic version of the pain drug Fentora in 2018 as part of a patent lawsuit settlement, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday.

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Ralcorp Holdings Inc. said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit nearly doubled on higher sales and a boost from its acquisition of Post Foods.

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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Pharmaceutical Industry in South Africa" report to their offering.

When Tom Ryan orchestrated the $27 billion marriage of CVS and Caremark in 2007, he may not have imagined his sharpest critics would come back to haunt him more than two years later.

Christine Jacobs: Her tenure at Theragenics makes her the longest-serving female CEO of all U.S. companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Leaner and meaner drug-distributor Cardinal health is positioned for growth. But few on Wall Street recognize its full potential -- yet.