Health Care News
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Salix Declines After Saying FDA Won't Clear New Xifaxan Use
Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd ., a maker of medicines for gastrointestinal disorders, fell the most in more than a decade after it said U.S. regulators won’t approve its Xifaxan drug for a form of irritable bowel syndrome.
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Pfizer Teams With India Brewmaster in Return to $14 Billion Insulin Market
Biocon Ltd. founder Kiran Mazumdar- Shaw learned the intricacies of enzymes while studying how to make beer. Now Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drugmaker, is tapping that knowledge to revive its insulin business.
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PerkinElmer Is Said to Have Missed Buying Beckman by 25 Cents
PerkinElmer Inc. made a bet-the-farm offer to take over Beckman Coulter Inc. and had the highest bid in the final hours of this month’s auction for the medical- equipment maker, according to regulatory filings and people with knowledge of the matter.
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Plague Kills U.S. Scientist in First Laboratory Case in 50 Years, CDC Says
A Chicago scientist died of the plague after becoming the first U.S. researcher to contract the disease in more than 50 years, a government report said.
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