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Robotic surgical device maker Intuitive Surgical Inc. said Friday its da Vinci S system received regulatory approval in Japan.
Biotechnology company Antigenics Inc. said Friday it will not seek approval for a potential kidney cancer treatment after a European advisory committee recommended against approving the drug candidate.
Drug developer Merck & Co. said Friday a European advisory committee recommended approval for the company's fertility drug Elonva.
Skin therapy company Anika Therapeutics Inc. said Thursday it received European approval to market its wrinkle treatment device Elevess Light.
Air "sterilizers." A photon machine. Supplement pills to boost the immune system. Protective shampoos and face masks. Even fake Tamiflu.
Hundreds of consumer products are recalled every year, but only a fraction are ever actually returned by customers. Don Mays of Consumer Reports highlighted several potentially dangerous ones that may still be lurking in your home.
The Food and Drug Administration is laying out plans to improve its public announcements on food and drug safety, more than three years after federal advisers recommended major changes.
Toy-makers, clothing manufacturers and other companies selling products for young children are submitting samples to independent laboratories for safety tests. But the nation's largest toy maker, Mattel, isn't being required to do the same.
For years, Hyundai has been an inferior brand, suffering from a reputation of mediocrity. Can a slick sports car turn the reputation around? The car company is betting on it.
Shares of Greek oil tanker operator Capital Product Partners LP slipped Monday after an analyst downgraded the stock, saying the company's revenue will suffer as it renews contracts for a number of its vessels amid plummeting rates and ship values.
Sanofi Pasteur, a unit of Paris-based Sanofi-Aventis, said Monday it started shipping its seasonal flu vaccine Fluzone for the next flu season.
Few folks have as much experience at retiring as Bob Lutz, who seems to be making a career of it.
The online journal gave a chatty account of a problem-free face lift. "You will never regret it," the patient wrote.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Antares Pharma Inc. said Monday the companies received Food and Drug Administration approval for use of the human growth hormone Tev-Tropin in a needle-free injection system.
Biotechnology company Gilead Sciences Inc. said Thursday a European advisory committee recommended against approving the company's inhalable cystic fibrosis treatment candidate.
Biotechnology company Genzyme Corp. said Thursday a European advisory committee recommended approving the company's drug Renvela as a treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease, including patients not on dialysis.
In crises past, Chrysler has somehow managed to stamp out a blockbuster hit vehicle to pull itself away from the cliff's edge. But as it faces a possible sale to another automaker and what may be the most serious problems in its 83-year history, industry analysts say there's nothing in the current product portfolio that looks like a savior.
Xerox Corp. said Monday it is designing software that automatically removes confidential information from documents.
When TiVo Inc. introduced a high-definition digital video recorder last fall, it touted the long-awaited set-top box as a best-in-class product with a price tag to match.
China has promised to pursue product pirates identified by U.S. authorities in a new effort to stamp out its thriving counterfeit industry, the head of the U.S. customs agency said Friday.
Seeking to recapture its innovative streak in mobile computing, Palm Inc. on Wednesday unveiled a laptop-like gadget with a full-size keyboard and 10-inch display to serve as a companion for smartphones.
Apple Inc. said it won't be shipping its next-generation operating system in June as planned, saying it had to divert resources from the project so that it could launch its highly anticipated iPhone on time.
Bank of America Corp., the nation's second largest financial institution, will introduce a new program on Monday that will allow small businesses to manage their payrolls online.
State budget cuts may lead to inmate releasesLawmakers from California to Kentucky are trying to save money with a drastic and potentially dangerous budget-cutting proposal: releasing tens of thousands of convicts.
E-mail glitch hits MSN, Hotmail usersMicrosoft said Friday that some people who use its Hotmail and MSN e-mail services are not receiving e-mail sent from Comcast and other Internet service providers.
Canada lowers seal hunt quota to 270,000Canada announced Thursday that hunters can kill 270,000 harp seals this spring, despite environmentalists' protests that thousands of pups too young to swim have fallen through ice thinned by global warming, jeopardizing the stability of the population.
Pork becomes 'earmarks' - 11,000 of themThe practice of decorating legislation with billions of dollars in pet projects and federal contracts is still thriving - despite public outrage that helped flip control of Congress two years ago.
More people are tapping their 401(k) for cashTrent Charlton knew the risks when he borrowed $10,000 from his 401(k) and cut his retirement savings in half.
Neil Young converting Lincoln to electric carNeil Young, the rocker who provided some of the soundtrack to Vietnam-era protests, is trying to change the world again - with his car.
Panel calls for clearer Lasik warningsPatients harmed by Lasik eye surgery alternated between fury and despair Friday as they told federal health officials of suffering years of eye pain, blurred or double vision - even of people driven to suicide.
Computers: Goodbye, Gobbledygook For the last 30 years, the computer industry has bragged about its achievements. And when the industry was excited about a breakthrough, it expected — even demanded — that consumers get excited, too. But that less-than-symbiotic relationship may be coming to an end.
Secret life of ants continues to fascinateA billion ants carried Milton Levine's three kids through school. In fact, the pesky insects have been making him money for five decades.
Facebook gets another faceliftFacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg thinks he's found a way to ease the journey down a different road so he won't have to issue public apologies like he did in each of the previous two years after springing new products on users.
Entrepreneurs battle copycats with new strategyPiracy today is so pervasive that it's nearly impossible to combat, so some entrepreneurs are changing strategy, working with the copycats rather than against them. By Frank Silverstein.
It has been interesting to see the numerous comments about the massive effect of the Internet about the music industry, especially the negative way it is supposed to be affecting production companies and artists, etc.
Lenders willing to help struggling homeownersAs home foreclosures mount, mortgage companies are knocking on doors, sending letters and making phone calls with a simple message for struggling homeowners: They'd rather modify your loan than foreclose.
Juror chats sex abuse trial on FacebookA British court official says a juror was dismissed from a sex abuse trial after discussing the case on Facebook.
1 in 4 U.S. girls received HPV vaccineAbout one in four teen girls last year got the groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer, federal health officials reported Thursday.
Ancestry.com puts war records onlineWars generate millions of records that can shed light on family history, detailing everything from the color of soldiers' eyes to what their neighbors may have said about them.
Microsoft posts critical security fixesMicrosoft Corp. released four security fixes it deems critical as part of its regularly scheduled software update Tuesday, while it corrected a handful of problems caused by last week's emergency patch.
Space: The final frontier for cell phones?The vast, thinly populated expanses of the country that still lack cell phone coverage could be getting an interesting option next year: ordinary-looking cell phones that connect to a satellite when there's no cell tower around.
Wedding planners pair up to save on costsAs soon as they opened their shops, wedding plannersKara Underwood and Kirstin Martin encountered a crisis neither could have foreseen: each other.
Retailers fined for digital TV offensesFederal regulators on Thursday fined Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., and other retailers $3.9 million combined for failing to properly label analog televisions as essentially useless after the switch to digital TV next year.
Recalled:Viking Built-In Side-by-Side Refrigerator/Freezers and Refrigerators with Bottom FreezersViking has received about 57 reports of doors detaching, including four reports of injuries involving bruises, broken toes/fingers, and strains.
'The Sims' sells 100 million copies worldwideThere are no scary monsters to slay, no enemies to shoot and no cars to hijack. But with more than 100 million units sold since its launch in 2000, "The Sims" is the world's best-selling computer game.
E. coli outbreak in Okla. still a mysteryAn extensive investigation has failed to determine how E. coli bacteria was introduced into a northeastern Oklahoma restaurant linked to hundreds of illnesses and one death.
Social Security unveils new online applicationThe Social Security Administration, envisaging the near-future prospect of 10,000 baby boomers applying for benefits every day, has put together a new online service.
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