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The Associated Press reports that a New Jersey judge has rejected efforts by consumers who took the painkiller Vioxx to be able to sue as a group to recover

The Associated Press reports that federal health officials say a Johnson & Johnson drug helps prevent deadly blood clots in patients getting hip or knee replacement surgery, but it also

The Associated Press reports that a prominent Massachusetts anesthesiologist allegedly fabricated 21 medical studies that claimed to show benefits from painkillers like Vioxx and Celebrex, according to the hospital where

Merck & Co. is buying Schering-Plough Corp. for $41.1 billion in stock and cash in a deal that gives the companies more firepower to compete in a drug industry facing

The Supreme Court has upheld a $6.7 million jury award to a musician who lost her arm because of a botched injection of an anti-nausea medication, according to the Associated

The Associated Press reports that a marketing campaign for a GlaxoSmithKline prostate drug has drawn complaints from federal regulators, who said the space-themed advertisement is misleading. The drugmaker''s Avodart capsules

Following years of pressure, medical device maker Medtronic Inc. will begin disclosing how much money it gives physicians in various consulting and other payments, though the reporting threshold is far

The attorney general for the state of Wisconsin announced that a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc. could pay more than $153 million to the state for artificially inflating prescription drug prices

The Boston Business Journal reports that two competitors of drug maker Sepracor, have filed applications to produce and market generic versions of their blockbuster sleep aid Lunesta. Sepracor disclosed in

An attorney for the state of Alabama told jurors that generic drug producer Sandoz Inc. set out to cheat the state''s Medicaid program with inflated prices, a claim the