Analyst: Alexion may be takeover target
SMITHFIELD – A top Wall Street analyst thinks drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. should make a bid to buy Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., the...
Work begins on URI pharmacy building
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – University of Rhode Island officials broke ground Monday morning on a five-story, $75 million College of Pharmacy building that will be...
Fewer Part D members to cut CVS profit
WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp. said late Friday it expects earnings to be reduced by 3 to 4 cents next year due to a...
Covidien set to market endotracheal tube
MANSFIELD, Mass. – Health care product provider Covidien has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its Mallinckrodt TaperGuard...
CVS, Medco may make less from benefit plan
WASHINGTON – CVS Caremark Corp. and Medco Health Systems Inc. may generate less profit from a shared $10 billion contract for federal-employee drug benefits...
Big Brother deserves pat on back for smoking bans
“Big Brother.” The phrase conjures up an overbearing omnipresence that watches, disparagingly, everybody. Totalitarian states are big brothers; so are the “nanny states” that...
Hope for best, but plan for worst on flu threat
State health officials are projecting that up to half of Rhode Island’s population could become infected by the latest wave of the swine flu....
Private Medicare cuts would be felt
The reasoning on Capitol Hill is simple: Medicare exists to provide health coverage to seniors, so Medicare dollars should be spent on health services....
Medicare Advantage, Part D premiums up
The average premium for Medicare Advantage plans in 2010 will be $39, or $7 more than this year, and the average standalone Part D...
ICU Collaborative wraps up second phase
The Rhode Island ICU Collaborative, a joint effort launched four years ago by intensive-care units across the state to improve safety and sharply reduce...