Invisible Bugs In Kansas City Are Jumping Out of Trees to Bite People
Millions of tiny eight-legged bugs, small enough to pass through window screens, are falling from trees in Kansas City —and biting people. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 12, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

IBM to Offer U.S. Employees Watson Software to Identify Cancer Treatments
IBM says it will offer its Watson artificial intelligence software to its U.S. employees to help them identify appropriate cancer treatments and options for clinical trials. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 11, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Major Investor Sues Theranos
Hedge fund accuses embattled company of a “series of lies” to attract investment of nearly $100 million. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 11, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Community Health Systems Retrenches
Community Health Systems spent more than a decade carrying out a buying spree to become one of the biggest hospital operators in the U.S. But hefty debt and one big miscalculation are prompting the company to rapidly abandon that position. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 10, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Alnylam Says Trial of Patisiran Can Continue Following Revusiran Halt
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. said a phase 3 trial for one of its drugs would continue, potentially easing investor concerns over the safety of its portfolio. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 10, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Insulin-Price Increases Reflect Role of Health-Care Middlemen
Insulin prices are soaring, creating pain for patients whose life depends on the injectable drug —yet most of the revenue from the increases isn’t going to the drug manufacturers, it is largely being collected by the middlemen. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 10, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Study May Boost Use of Merck Lung-Cancer Drug
Patients with advanced lung cancer who took Merck ’s immune-boosting drug Keytruda as their first treatment lived longer on average than those who received chemotherapy, a new study shows. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 9, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Mylan to Pay $465 Million in EpiPen Settlement
Mylan agreed to pay $465 million to settle allegations it overcharged the government for its EpiPen products, the latest move by the embattled pharmaceuticals firm to quell the furor over its pricing practices. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 7, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Molina Outperforms Rivals in ACA Marketplaces
Molina Healthcare has done relatively well in the Affordable Care Act ’s marketplaces. Molina’s approach involves rigorous cost control, limited networks of doctors and hospitals and close management of patients’ health. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 7, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Pfizer to Sell New York Headquarters By End of 2017
Pfizer has told employees that it will leave its longtime headquarters and look for a new office building in Manhattan, a spokeswoman said. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 7, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Perdue Farms Eliminated All Antibiotics From Its Chicken Supply
Perdue Farms eliminated all antibiotics from its chicken supply, the company ’s chairman said, in a move he said makes the Maryland company the first major poultry supplier to take such a step. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 7, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Theranos Retreats From Blood Tests
The company led by Elizabeth Holmes will shut down facilities and shed more than 40% of its workforce as it shifts to developing products for outside labs. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 6, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Lawmakers Accuse Mylan of Overcharging Government for EpiPen
The federal government says that Mylan NV has overcharged the federal-state Medicaid program by millions of dollars over five years for its emergency auto-injector product called the EpiPen. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 6, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Bill Clinton's Health-Care Comments Fuel GOP Attacks
Former President Bill Clinton ’s remarks Monday about problems with the Affordable Care Act reverberated through House and Senate races this week. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 6, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

The Pill Makers Next Door
Ingredients for the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl are so easy to obtain that mom-and-pop drug labs are cropping up around the country, Breaking Bad-style. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 6, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news