Science News
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is making progress developing a new drug to assist the body’s immune system in its ability to find and attack cancer cells. The drug may prove especially effective fighting lung cancer.
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The U.S. Supreme Court probably won’t overturn President Barack Obama’s entire health-care law, and provisions forcing insurers to cover more medical care may survive no matter who wins the November elections, Aetna Inc.’s chief executive officer said.
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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said he plans a second proxy battle at Forest Laboratories Inc. after failing last year to install directors on the drugmaker’s board.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. started a new trial of leukemia drug Sprycel in patients with lung cancer after the medicine appeared to help cure one man.