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Federal health scientists said Thursday that Forest Laboratories' hypertension drug should not be approved for a new use in patients at risk for heart failure.
Abbott Laboratories said Thursday it is buying a potential chronic pain drug from PanGenetics BV for as much as $190 million.
Impax Laboratories Inc. confirmed Friday it is challenging the patents on Abbott Laboratories' cholesterol drug TriCor, and that Abbott is suing Impax for patent infringement.
Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it beat its own expectations for the third quarter as sales of its drug Humira continued to climb, along with sales of medical products and nutritional formula for children.
Abbott Laboratories says results of a large study place its artery-opening Xience stent on equal footing with competitor Boston Scientific in diabetics, a difficult-to-treat group of patients.
A unit of Johnson & Johnson said Monday that a federal jury has ordered Abbott Laboratories to pay $1.67 billion in a patent infringement suit over the companies' rheumatoid arthritis drugs.
Abbott Laboratories reported a first-quarter profit that edged past Wall Street expectations, though analysts focused on weaker sales growth for its blockbuster drug Humira, sending shares lower Wednesday.
Abbott Laboratories Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Miles White saw a 13.9 percent reduction in his total compensation in 2008 to $25.3 million, mainly because he received less in stock options, in a year in which profit and sales rose.
Venezuela's National Guard destroyed an elaborate network of clandestine cocaine-processing laboratories along the country's border with Colombia on Tuesday as part of its anti-drug efforts.
Drugmaker Forest Laboratories Inc. offered kickbacks to doctors for prescribing its antidepressants Celexa and Lexapro and pushed the drugs for unapproved use on children, according to a complaint filed Wednesday by federal prosecutors.
- The nation's crime labs are so seriously deficient that criminals are allowed to go free, the wrong people are sometimes convicted and only a "massive overhaul" can improve the results, according to a long awaited report out Wednesday.
Sales of Abbott Laboratories' blockbuster drug Humira combined with double-digit growth of medical devices and nutritionals to push profit up 28 percent in the fourth quarter, even as its competitor Johnson & Johnson showed signs of vulnerability.
Medical products and drug maker Abbott Laboratories said Monday it is buying Advanced Medical Optics Inc. for about $1.36 billion plus debt to expand its eye-care offerings, including laser vision correction.
Savvy homebuyers and residents have long taken it upon themselves to do a little amateur sleuthing, checking on the quality of schools, crime rates and whether sex offenders live in the neighborhood.
Trying to boost the output of its research labs, Hewlett-Packard Co. wants to get more help from scientists in universities.
Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's largest maker of personal computers and printers, is setting out to harvest more commercial products and services from the crop of ideas cultivated in its research laboratories.
Charges of negligence and misconduct at some police forensic evidence labs remain unchecked because of lax oversight allowed by the Justice Department, an internal audit concluded Friday.
Neil Kane and his staff had figured out how to rearrange methane gas to create industrial diamond, but their company couldn't afford to build the highly specialized lab needed to develop such nanotechnology.
The nation's nuclear weapons laboratories need tougher safety oversight to fix a recent track record that includes dozens of lapses, accidents and near misses, according to a government report released Wednesday.
President Obama declared a "National Emergency" today, October 24, 2009, because of the Swine Flu, but can that declaration lead to the U.S.
Scores of meth lab homes sit abandonedA growing number of meth-contaminated apartments, trailers and houses sit abandoned across Indiana.
Cotton Candy Can Help Labs Grow TissueExcerpt: Cotton candy has delighted children for a century. Now it may have found a new role: helping scientists grow replacement tissues for people.
Misdiagnosis Leaves Woman Without Her CervixVideo Report: A Nevada woman had her cervix removed to prevent her invasive cancer from spreading. But after the surgery, she was told it was all a mistake.
FBI investigators combing the woods for a fourth day - FBI processes evidence in Caylee Anthony caseORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) -- Cindy and George Anthony are at home on Hopespring Drive this afternoon after attending Sunday services at Eastside Baptist Church.
'Neck Breaking' Among Searches On Anthony Computer, Docs Show--And, mention of gag order result.-- ORLANDO, Fla. -- Internet searches conducted on the computer seized from the home of Casey Anthony's parents included "how to make chloroform" and "neck breaking," according to documents released on Wednesday.
Strep strain not a widespread threat: health officialsA potentially deadly strain of streptococcal infections that contributed to the deaths of 10 people in northwestern Ontario doesn't pose a widespread threat, the province's chief medical officer of health says.
Last time I was 'swinging the Vine', I came upon a long, long, long, long, long rant about the sacrilege of Valentine's day. Nobody had commented, voted and, for all I know, read it.
Top-secret US labs penetrated by phishersAppears to be a part of a coordinated attack on laboratories across the country.
Hackers Launch Major Attack on US Military LabsHackers have succeeded in breaking into the computer systems of two of the U.S.' most important science labs, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee and Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
Can Labs Go Green?Though labs make up a relatively small chunk of the commercial building stock in the United States, their unique needs for high-performance ventilation systems, 24/7 operation, and specialized appliances (e.g., fume hoods, centrifuges, and ultra-cold freezers) make them notorious …
The Landis HearingI have been reserving judgment until both sides presented their entire cases, and yesterday the arguments concluded. I will admit being skeptical of the initial doping results, because a few things just haven't added up since the results first became public.
This week is World Week for Animals in Laboratories. First let me explain why this is important to animal lovers and then I will tell you how you can help. I want to thank my friend Lynne for bringing this week to my attention.
Sleep Labs of the Soviet EmpireIn the late 1920s, Soviet architect Konstantin Melnikov proposed a worker's dormitory that would "intensify the process of slumber."
The Scariest Ideas in ScienceMaybe we saw The Andromeda Strain a few too many times in our formative years, but we can't help shivering when we hear about microbiologists reanimating long-dormant lethal viruses.
Idealized Design: How Bell Labs Imagined -- and Created -- the Telephone System of the Future - Knowledge@WhartonBooks Review
No, this is not a guy using greasemonkey to edit Google. Google has changed a few of their page designs. The main Google homepages (both personal and classic) look the same, most of the interface still does. The recent changes lie deeper.
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