(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court found the patent on Novo Nordisk's Prandin diabetes drug in combination with metformin to be invalid, paving the way for introduction of a generic version of the medicine, the Danish drugmaker said on Tuesday. Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Studies that are funded by pharmaceutical companies or involve industry-backed scientists tend to be more prominent at cancer meetings than independent studies, a new report suggests. Full story
Santarus Inc. and Pharming Group said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration accepted their marketing application for the hereditary angioedema drug Ruconest, and will make a decision in 10 months. Full story
LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline is discussing the sale of its thrombosis drug brands Arixtra and Fraxiparine, along with a related French factory, to Aspen Pharmacare in a deal that could be worth some $1 billion. Full story
Deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors, which government officials say keep cheaper forms of medicine off the market, can sometimes be illegal and therefore can be challenged in court, the Supreme Court said Monday. Full story
Shares of Medivation Inc. fell Monday after health care giant Johnson & Johnson agreed to buy Aragon Pharmaceuticals, a company that is developing a prostate cancer drug that could compete with Medivation's Xtandi. Full story
Chatting about first meetings with Kathie Lee Gifford, Hoda Kotb describes a certain close-talker who instantly gave a bad first impression.
Jason Healy, Blu eCigs founder, discusses the regulation of e-cigarettes as medicine in the UK, starting in 2016.
In a Sunday NYT column, Dr. Paul A. Offit wrote about why taking vitamins may not exactly be good for you. PBS' Emily Senay joins Morning Joe to further discuss what research shows about vitamin and supplement intake and about the Obama administration's indication it will end age restrictions on the
Will Major League Baseball dole out mass suspensions when Tony Bosch, who owned a Miami clinic that supplied performance-enhancing drugs to ballplayers, tells the commissioner who his clients were? Sal Licata, SNY, and Edward Klein, author, discuss.
Rachel Maddow reviews the latest development in the scandal surrounding Virginia governor Bob McDonnell's entanglement with a diet pill company that contributed to his campaign and the concerns his staff expressed about the apparent conflict.
Alternative medicine specialist Mor Mosinzon treats Pedang, a 14-year-old male Sumatran tiger suffering from a chronic ear infection, with acupuncture at the Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv June 9, 2013. Anesthetized twice in the past to treat its ailment, Pedang underwent acupuncture for the first
A man prepares to swallow a live fish that has been dipped in homemade medicine as people crowd for their turn in a camp in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad June 8, 2013. Every year in June, the Bathini Goud brothers from Hyderabad draw thousands to their camp to take part in the administering
