Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2168 business Business - Health Care Industry en-us Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:45:57 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2168 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_healthsouth ap/20091103/us_earns_healthsouth AP business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:45:57 GMT AP - Inpatient rehabilitation services provider HealthSouth Corp. posted a greater third-quarter profit on Tuesday, and raised its expectations for the remainder of the year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091103/bs_ibd_ibd/20091103tech ibd/20091103/20091103tech Investor's Business Daily business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:26:43 GMT Investor's Business Daily - The news lately has been all about H1N1. Serious as the swine flu pandemic is, the vaccine is pretty ordinary from a scientific point 15f view. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_johnson___johnson_restructuring ap/20091103/us_johnson___johnson_restructuring AP business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:09:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_johnson___johnson_restructuring"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.84bf93d409664bc7b24631d8ed30b8b8.johnson_and_johnson_rectructuring_nybz110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=FH8Lo3gwKfaOzQrsbqsB4Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Thursday Nov. 15, 2007 file photograph, the logo is seen on a wall outside the health care products maker Johnson & Johnson's world headquarters in New Brunswick, N.J. Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, it will trim layers of management, cut jobs, and set other restructuring moves in order to save up to $900 million next year.(AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it will cut up to about 8,000 jobs and streamline its operations in an effort to cut costs as it braces for changes in the health care industry.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_johnson___johnson_restructuring"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.84bf93d409664bc7b24631d8ed30b8b8.johnson_and_johnson_rectructuring_nybz110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=FH8Lo3gwKfaOzQrsbqsB4Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Thursday Nov. 15, 2007 file photograph, the logo is seen on a wall outside the health care products maker Johnson & Johnson's world headquarters in New Brunswick, N.J. Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, it will trim layers of management, cut jobs, and set other restructuring moves in order to save up to $900 million next year.(AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/bs_afp/uscompanymergerpharmamerckscheringplough_20091103215544 afp/20091103/uscompanymergerpharmamerckscheringplough AFP business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:55:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/bs_afp/uscompanymergerpharmamerckscheringplough_20091103215544"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257285297405-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=GbLJPKyws4lhkLnYuNSLKA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="A car enters the employee entrace at the headquarters for drug maker Merck in Kenilworth, New Jersey. US pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. finalized its acquisition of rival Schering-Plough on Tuesday, a 41-billion-dollar deal creating the number two firm in the sector.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. finalized its acquisition of rival Schering-Plough on Tuesday, a 41-billion-dollar deal creating the number two firm in the sector.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/bs_afp/uscompanymergerpharmamerckscheringplough_20091103215544"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257285297405-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=GbLJPKyws4lhkLnYuNSLKA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="A car enters the employee entrace at the headquarters for drug maker Merck in Kenilworth, New Jersey. US pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. finalized its acquisition of rival Schering-Plough on Tuesday, a 41-billion-dollar deal creating the number two firm in the sector.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_insurance_costs_north_dakota ap/20091103/us_health_insurance_costs_north_dakota AP business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:57:26 GMT AP - The president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota says health care reform measures in Congress would accelerate increases in insurance costs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_cigna_earnings_preview ap/20091103/us_cigna_earnings_preview AP business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:47:34 GMT AP - Managed care provider Cigna Corp. reports results for the third quarter on Thursday. Here are some key developments and analyst opinions related to that period. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_medco_health_solutions ap/20091103/us_earns_medco_health_solutions AP business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:29:37 GMT AP - Medco Health Solutions Inc., the largest U.S. pharmacy benefits manager, said Tuesday its profit rose 13.5 percent as the company gained new clients and benefited from price inflation of brand-name drugs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_aetna_horizon_behavioral ap/20091103/us_aetna_horizon_behavioral AP business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:45:48 GMT AP - Managed care company Aetna Inc. said Tuesday it has completed a $70 million acquisition of employee assistance program provider Horizon Behavioral Services LLC. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/bs_nm/us_johnsonandjohnson nm/20091103/us_johnsonandjohnson Reuters business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:06:54 GMT Reuters - Johnson & Johnson plans to cut up to 7 percent of its workforce in order to generate cost savings needed to finance increasingly costly drug research and to weather future challenges, the diversified healthcare company said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/bs_afp/switzerlandchinapharmahealthresearchcompanynovartis afp/20091103/switzerlandchinapharmahealthresearchcompanynovartis AFP business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:13:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/bs_afp/switzerlandchinapharmahealthresearchcompanynovartis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257243141078-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=D5FmSiafQYBxOF5MHffGHQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis headquarters in Basel. Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis said that it would invest 1.0 billion dollars (680 million euros) in research and development in China to latch on to growing demand for health care.(AFP/File/Sebastien Bozon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis said Tuesday that it would invest 1.0 billion dollars (680 million euros) in research and development in China to latch on to growing demand for health care.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/bs_afp/switzerlandchinapharmahealthresearchcompanynovartis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257243141078-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=D5FmSiafQYBxOF5MHffGHQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis headquarters in Basel. Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis said that it would invest 1.0 billion dollars (680 million euros) in research and development in China to latch on to growing demand for health care.(AFP/File/Sebastien Bozon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/bs_nm/us_cigna_costs nm/20091103/us_cigna_costs Reuters business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:08:55 GMT Reuters - For-profit insurance companies use a smaller amount of premium dollars on medical claims than consumers are being told, according to a Senate analysis of data filed with insurance regulators. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_prempro_trial ap/20091103/us_prempro_trial AP business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:21:38 GMT AP - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals will get a new trial to determine if the drugmaker should pay punitive damages to a woman who got breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_bi_ge/us_amylin_takeda_contract ap/20091102/us_amylin_takeda_contract AP business Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:30:36 GMT AP - Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. says it could potentially receive more than $1 billion from a partnership with Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. on potential weight-loss treatments. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_bi_ge/us_medco_health_earnings_preview ap/20091102/us_medco_health_earnings_preview AP business Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:20:20 GMT AP - Medco Health Solutions Inc., the largest U.S. pharmacy benefits manager, is scheduled to report its third-quarter results Tuesday morning. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst commentary for the period. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_valeant_pharmaceuticals ap/20091102/us_earns_valeant_pharmaceuticals AP business Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:47:31 GMT AP - Valeant Pharmaceuticals International said Monday its third-quarter net income plunged, a year after selling businesses in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, but adjusted profit topped Wall Street expectations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091101/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare_republicans nm/20091101/us_usa_healthcare_republicans Reuters politics Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:36:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091101/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare_republicans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091102/i/r2466822005.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=wURIdYWgB_VB47ymkJ3Khg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Senator John McCain (R-AZ)(C) speaks about a meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan with House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) (R) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to offer an alternative to Democrats' massive healthcare reform bill that would not raise taxes or require people or businesses to buy health insurance, the House Republican leader said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091101/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare_republicans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091102/i/r2466822005.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=wURIdYWgB_VB47ymkJ3Khg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Senator John McCain (R-AZ)(C) speaks about a meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan with House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) (R) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_on_bi_ge/us_exelixis_mover ap/20091030/us_exelixis_mover AP business Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:04:24 GMT AP - Shares of biotechnology company Exelixis Inc. rose Friday after the company narrowed its profit loss on a surge in revenue from partnerships with several large pharmaceutical companies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obit_o_quinn ap/20091030/us_obit_o_quinn AP business Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:14:19 GMT AP - Flamboyant lawyer John O'Quinn, who won billions in verdicts against makers of breast implants, pharmaceuticals and tobacco products, died Thursday in a traffic wreck. He was 68. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_perkinelmer ap/20091029/us_earns_perkinelmer AP business Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:05:24 GMT AP - PerkinElmer Inc., which supplies equipment and services to pharmaceutical and other companies, says third-quarter profit and sales fell, but the CEO said he was seeing encouraging signs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_public_plan ap/20091029/us_health_care_public_plan AP business Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:09:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_public_plan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091029/capt.3b85f7fd1b28451f9bb010bf20efa37a.aptopix_health_care_overhaul_dcab112.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=K_OwRHrviZ6VlAwuwgELcg--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listens to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Congressional budget umpires say a government health insurance plan that's been a rallying cry for Democrats would not be a big draw with the public.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_public_plan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091029/capt.3b85f7fd1b28451f9bb010bf20efa37a.aptopix_health_care_overhaul_dcab112.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=K_OwRHrviZ6VlAwuwgELcg--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listens to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)