This week, President Obama announced that he’s nominating Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as U.S. Ambassador to China. There are several short-list contenders to replace Locke at Commerce, but the question is: Who would best be a…
Japan’s health ministry says it’s continuing its suspension of pediatric vaccines made by Pfizer and Sanofi-Aventis, despite finding no connection between the vaccines and the deaths of four children. Both drugmakers are cooper…
Two pediatric vaccines have been suspended in Japan after the deaths of four children. Shares of Sanofi-Aventis and Pfizer, which make the drugs, have fallen in midday trading.
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The pharmaceutical industry is ready to fall off a cliff — a “patent cliff.” Over the next few years, some of the world’s most popular and lucrative medicines will go off patent, and generic competition will siphon an estimate…
Vaccine makers such as Pfizer are breathing easier now that the Supreme Court has ruled they can’t be sued for defective vaccine designs. The majority opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia was unequivocal: Congress has barred lawsu…