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The US crackdown on healthcare fraud is paying huge dividends to the exchequer, accounting for three quarters of the money recovered as penalties in fraud cases exposed by whistleblowers between 1987 and 2013-over $21 billion of the total $27...

Britons can now get a quick HIV test — in 60 seconds flat, when they visit a supermarket. A British sexual health charity has decided to offer HIV tests at a supermarket in Slough from May 19. The...

The takeover drama of Britain's AstraZeneca by US drugs giant Pfizer has now reached British prime minister David Cameron's doorstep. In a letter to Cameron, Pfizer chief Ian C. Read tried to address concerns over the bid and said...

Pfizer Inc. has announced the election of James C. Smith to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Smith also was appointed to the Corporate Governance and Science and Technology Committees of Pfizer's Board. Mr. Smith,...

The US crackdown on healthcare fraud is paying huge dividends to the exchequer, accounting for three quarters of the money recovered as penalties in fraud cases exposed by whistleblowers between 1987 and 2013-over $21 billion of the total $27...

US-based Immune Design has started dosing patients in a Phase I clinical study of LV305, an immuno-oncology investigational agent from its DCVex lentiviral vector platform to treat patients with locally advanced, relapsed, or metastatic breast cancer, melanoma, non-small cell...

Large amounts of information generated by gene expression profiling will increase implementation of data management tools Gene expression profiling can bring significant improvements to disease profiling and diagnoses based on genetic disposition. Recent technology...