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Pharmaceutical companies need to boost the benefits of drug research by working with regulators and healthcare providers to overhaul the way medicines are approved and paid for, a thinktank backed by investors says.

The familiar red and green 7-Eleven sign is getting even more commonplace across Southwest Florida as the company targets the region for a major expansion effort.

There have been numerous successful turnarounds for companies after their old CEO's have been hired back.

Arkansas' attorney general filed a brief Tuesday backed by his counterparts in 35 other states asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to uphold a $1.2 billion fine levied against Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary over the marketing of the antipsychotics drug Risperdal.

Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel is asking the state's highest court to uphold a $1.2 billion fine leveled against Johnson and Johnson and a subsidiary over the marketing of an antipsychotic drug.

Speculative players have been taking sides on blue chip Johnson & Johnson , automaker General Motors Company , and Finnish telecom concern Nokia Corporation , according to data from the major options exchanges.

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Aragon Pharmaceuticals Inc. of San Diego, a firm that develops drugs for hormone-driven cancers, is being acquired by Johnson & Johnson for $650 million in cash plus $350 million in milestone payments that would bring the total transaction to $1 billion.

Johnson & Johnson said Thursday it has decided to buy Aragon Medication Inc. for at least $650 thousand in money, enhancing its position in prostate medication growth.The independently owned San Paul organization is targeted on the growth of medication to cure hormonally motivated malignancies.

's stock had its "buy" rating restated by Canaccord Genuity in a research note issued on Monday, Stock Ratings Network.com reports.

Johnson & Johnson, the world's biggest maker of health-care products, agreed to pay as much as $1 billion to buy Aragon Pharmaceuticals Inc. and gain the closely held company's experimental prostate cancer drug.

's stock had its "neutral" rating restated by equities researchers at Sterne Agee in a research report issued on Monday, StockRatingsNetwork.com reports.

With the approval of a new teardrop MemoryShape silicone breast implant, fears over the development of cancer from such implants have finally been addressed.

Stock futures rose on Monday after major equity indexes on Friday closed their third negative week in four, with traders focused on this week's Federal Reserve policy meeting.

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British scientists have won early financial backing for a new kind of anticoagulant drug they believe may prevent dangerous blood clots without causing bleeding - a previously unachievable goal.

The following job opportunities were listed as available in or near Oconee County last week.

The company operates in three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics.

Matthew Burke , of Syracuse, a junior majoring in global supply chain management, at Johnson & Johnson in Skillman, N.J.; Daniel Netter , of Fayetteville, a senior majoring in civil engineering, Advance Testing in Campbell Hall, N.Y.; Matthew Wilson , of North Syracuse, a senior majoring in global supply chain management, Gexpro in Syracuse; Daniel ... (more)

Canadian Angela Naeth has confirmed that she will compete in June 23's Olympic-distance TriRock Philadelphia Triathlon, with title sponsor Johnson & Johnson and presenting sponsor Philadelphia Insurance Companies .