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If successful, an insulin pill could reach peak sales of $5 billion to $10 billion, estimates Vincent Meunier, an analyst at Exane BNP Paribas in Paris.

Eli Lilly & Co. and Abbott Laboratories are offering help to the 13.8 million American men with low levels of testosterone.

Ronald Spann, 53, had hepatitis C for decades without knowing it. His first symptoms arose in 1995.

Looking at Silicon Valley's startup landscape, where Facebook just raised $16 billion in its initial public offering and newbies like Pinterest and Instagram have commanded soaring valuations, you'd think optimism would be running high among venture capitalists.

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., the diabetes drugmaker that has put itself up for sale, received offers from Sanofi and Merck & Co.

Gainey & McKenna and the Egleston Law Firm today announced that a class action has been commenced on behalf of an investor in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of China-Biotics, Inc.

Perrigo Co. announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its abbreviated new drug application for butoconazole nitrate 2% vaginal cream.

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Lafayette College is one of 47 small schools around the country receiving $50 million in grant money from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

In trading on Friday, medical instruments & supplies shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.6%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Delcath Systems , off about 35.7% and shares of Navidea Biopharmaceuticals off about 1.8% on the day.

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a Fort Washington-based subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson announced on May 17 that it has recalled Imodium Multi-Symptom Relief , 18 Caplets.

A recent push to install new directors at biotechnology developer QLT Inc. has resulted in an 11-day postponement for its annual shareholders meeting, which had been scheduled for Thursday.

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. >> On a recent sunny morning at the Big Y grocery here, Cynthia LaPier parked her cart in the cereal aisle.

Craig Morgan, Phil Vassar, Diamond Rio, Due West, Joe Grushecky and Scott Blasey of The Clarks will be featured in the Mylan Classic's 2012 concert series.

Pfizer Inc said a U.S. health advisory panel voted against its drug to treat a rare neurodegenerative disease as the data did not show enough evidence of efficacy.

"Juice is just like soda, and I'm saying it right here on camera," pediatric obesity specialist Robert Lustig said in the documentary "Weight of the Nation," produced in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced Thursday it has selected 47 small colleges and universities nationwide to receive grants aimed at creating more engaging science classes, bringing real-world research to students and increasing diversity.

Hope College is the only institute of higher learning in Michigan to receive a one million-dollar, four-year grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

NEW YORK - Martha Stewart, on Wednesday, was named as non-executive chairman of the lifestyle, media and merchandising company that she created.