• The Flu Vaccine Is Coming! The Flu Vaccine Is Coming!

    • July 30th, 2010
    Different brands and types of vaccines are approved for different age groups.  Read More →

  • Merck Ready to Play Let’s Make an (Emerging Markets) Deal

    • July 30th, 2010
    Merck isn’t ruling out making outright purchases of emerging-market companies, but competition is fierce.  Read More →

  • Mt. Sinai Program Lets Some Pre-Meds Swap Orgo for Shakespeare

    • July 30th, 2010
    Students in the Humanities and Medicine Program get spots in med school as long as they meet certain requirements — but don’t take the usual pre-med pre-requisites.  Read More →

  • A.M. Vitals: Merck Profit Falls 52% On Merger, Restructuring Costs

    • July 30th, 2010
    Also: high-risk pool regs are out; vote held up by motion to repeal provision of health-care overhaul; Republicans want HHS to edit HealthCare.gov.  Read More →

  • Got a Limited Screening Budget? Then Colonoscopy’s Not Your Test.

    • July 29th, 2010
    The study relies on computer simulations to gauge cost-effectiveness.  Read More →

  • Senator Slams FDA Advisory Committee’s Avastin Decision

    • July 29th, 2010
    Sen. Vitter has also called on HHS to remove the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force breast cancer screening recs from the agency’s website.  Read More →

  • Aetna’s CEO Discusses Health Overhaul, CVS Caremark Deal

    • July 29th, 2010
    Obama isn’t anti-business, Aetna CEO Williams said, but the administration may lack an understanding of what it takes to run a business. In the interview, Williams also talked about the company’s recent deal with CVS Caremark and reiterated that the deal was the best option for the company and its shareholders (rather than a full-out sale of Aetna’s business.)  Read More →

  • Analysts Question Aetna on CVS Caremark Deal

    • July 28th, 2010
    They wanted more financial details on the long-term contract.  Read More →

  • A Reckoning for REMS: FDA’s Risk Program in the Spotlight

    • July 27th, 2010
    How stringent should the requirements be for drugs with safety concerns?  Read More →

  • Health Blog Q&A: Mayo Clinic’s New Center for Social Media

    • July 27th, 2010
    Why does the Mayo Clinic need a center devoted to explaining how to use blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube?  Read More →

  • A.M. Vitals: WellPoint, Aetna Test Home Monitoring for Heart Patients

    • July 27th, 2010
    Also: report says insurers may band together to fund congressional races; CT scan gold rush in China; older Americans don’t know basics of health-care overhaul.  Read More →

  • Study Finds Aggressive Treatment of Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

    • July 26th, 2010
    More than 75% of men with low-risk cancer received aggressive treatment.  Read More →

  • GSK Apologizes Over Medical Journal Snafu

    • July 26th, 2010
    GSK apologizes for the snafu over a supplement in a 2009 issue of Urology.  Read More →

  • What Does Aging Mean for Elite Athletes? (Lance, We Mean You)

    • July 23rd, 2010
    What’s responsible for the age-related performance declines seen in most sports?  Read More →

  • Sanofi-Aventis Sidles Up to Genzyme With ‘Informal Approach,’ WSJ Reports

    • July 23rd, 2010
    Genzyme’s shares have been battered by its manufacturing woes.  Read More →
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