Varicella

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is one of eight herpes viruses known to infect humans (and other vertebrates). Varicella-zoster virus is known by many names, including: chickenpox virus, varicella viru...

Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic disease characterized by progressive joint deformity and joint destruction driven by synovial inflammation and hyperplasia in which cytokines play cen...

Hepatitis B Immune Globulin Cangene

HepaGam B® [Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (Human) Injection] contains purified antibodies specific for the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). * It is approved in Canada and the United States f...

College Hill - international business communications consultancy

College Hill is a growing international business communications consultancy with offices in Europe, China, India, South Africa and the United States. College Hill's wide range of complementar...

Social phobia social anxiety disorder

Social anxiety is the third largest psychological problem in the United States today, affecting 15 million Americans a year. It is far from well understood by the medical community.  Examples...

Illumina adds ex-Medco exec to board of directors

Genetic analysis instrument company Illumina Inc. said Thursday it elected Robert Epstein to its board of directors.Epstein was the chief medical officer of Medco Health Solutions for 13 years, and a...

Coming In Wednesday's "The Pink Sheet" DAILY - Alnylam Teams Up With Monsanto

Alnylam inks strategic collaboration with Monsanto - Court dismisses bulk of NACDS suit challening Express Scripts-Medco merger

Vivus And Anti-Obesity Sector Benefit From New Insurance Deal

By Spencer Osborne: Vivus (VVUS) has announced a new deal with Medco (MHS) that places the company's anti-obesity drug Qsymia in a status whereby the drug will get more insurance coverage. The essence...

Sanofi, Medco provide update on evidence-based partnership

Medco Health Solutions Inc. and Sanofi (Euronext:SAN; NYSE:SNY) said they have over 60 joint projects underway under a 2011 deal to generate evidence to "demonstrate value of Sanofi products." As part...

Express Scripts sees early benefits from Medco deal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After years of trying to convince potential clients of its superiority over chief rival Medco, Express Scripts Holding Co is now finding the company it bought for $29 billion...

Court dismisses claims over Express Scripts-Medco merger

NEW YORK, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Inc on Monday won the dismissal of most legal claims that its $29 billion acquisition of Medco Health Solutions Inc violates feder...

TEXT-S&P rates Express Scripts Holding 'BBB+'

Overview -- Express Scripts Holding Co. (formerly Aristotle Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Express Scripts Inc.) has become the parent company of Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solution...

Express Scripts Bleeds The Medco Ranks, Again

After laying off hundreds of Medco Health Solutions employees over the past several months, Express Scripts is reportedly telling up to 200 workers to accept a pay cut of up to 40 percent or leave the...

Medication adherence: hope for improvement?

Commentary: What Happens When a Combined Entity Is Lesser Than the Sum of Its Parts?

Elsewhere in this issue, Kastor examines the failed merger of the Mount Sinai and New York University (NYU) medical schools and hospitals. The failure of the merger is even more remarkable today than...

Prescription patterns of long-acting β-agonist monotherapy for patients with asthma.

Influence of Pharmacy Benefit Practices on Off-Label Dispensing of Drugs in the United States.

Failure of the Merger of the Mount Sinai and New York University Hospitals and Medical Schools: Part 2.

This is the second of two articles in this issue of Academic Medicine that, together, report the author's findings from his study of the attempt by the leaders of Mount Sinai and New York University (...