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Animal health firm is biggest IPO since Facebook
Ethan Lindsey Feb 1, 2013
Animal health care is the fastest growing sector of health care. Medicine for the pets we love and the livestock we eat is a more than $4 billion business for Zoetis, a company spun off by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
FDA urges drug companies to make a safer pain killer
Dan Gorenstein Jan 30, 2013
With addiction to pain pills at epidemic levels, the Food and Drug Adminstration is taking action
Electronic health records aren't cutting costs so far
Dan Gorenstein Jan 11, 2013
Clunky programs, high costs and incompatible systems are factors in failure to save billions.
FDA requires lower-dose sleeping pills
Jim Burress Jan 15, 2013
So half the dose should mean half the price, right?
The bitter pill of globalization
Kai Ryssdal Jan 7, 2013
A robust global economy spreads wealth -- and pandemics like the flu, SARS, even the plague.
FDA to food industry: Food safety plans are required
Scott Tong Jan 4, 2013
The long-awaited FDA rules focus on preventing outbreaks of food-borne illnesses, rather than tracking after the fact how they occurred.
Pfizer to spin off animal pharmaceuticals
Dan Gorenstein Jan 2, 2013
Demand for animal drugs is rising amongst pet owners and livestock and poultry farmers.
Fiscal cliff? WebMD hit by the patent cliff
Bob Moon Dec 11, 2012
Online health site WebMD plans to lay off 14 percent of its staff. Drug companies have curtailed ads because lucrative patents have expired.
States cut anti-smoking efforts despite tobacco money windfall
Bob Moon Dec 6, 2012
A new study finds state governments are plugging budget gaps at the expense of tobacco prevention programs.
Americans not taking vacation, and it hurts
David Weinberg Nov 27, 2012
A survey finds people will leave an average of nine days of paid vacation unused this year. The stress that comes from not taking a break can affect their health.
