Schering Plough Corporation

Corporations and execs need penalties that hurt

2013-01-05 10:18:00

If you're concerned about corporate crime, 2012 looked like a pretty successful year for the good guys. The Thousand Oaks biotech giant Amgen paid $762 million in fines and penalties and pleaded guilty to a federal charge related to illegal marketing of...

‘Pariah’ director Dee Rees' odd path: bunion pads to Spike Lee

2012-01-05 16:37:43

Vytorin trial shows little or no benefit against heart disease [Updated]

2009-11-15 16:32:30

A handle on heart disease?

2008-04-07 00:00:00

The cholesterol drug did absolutely everything it was supposed to do -- except for demonstrably improving the health of the people who took it. That was the conclusion reached about the popular drug Vytorin in a study published online last week in the...

Claims that shoe insoles relieve back pain are unsupported

2008-06-30 00:00:00

The product: The human spine is an amazing piece of equipment: On request, it can sway gracefully or withstand thousands of pounds of force. But that versatility comes with a price. At some point, just about everyone suffers significant back pain, and...

Not right for everyone

2007-05-21 00:00:00

WHEN coronary arteries grow dangerously narrow, the solution — increasingly — is to prop open the walls with a device called a drug-eluting stent. Now two new studies are adding fuel to a growing debate about whether these stents are being...

Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation

2007-01-07 00:00:00

Ebocha, Nigeria — Justice Eta, 14 months old, held out his tiny thumb. An ink spot certified that he had been immunized against polio and measles, thanks to a vaccination drive supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. But polio is not the...

Foundation investments

2007-01-07 00:00:00

A sampling of the Gates Foundation's largest investments*: More than $1.5 billion Berkshire Hathaway Inc.** Canadian government Between $1 billion and $1.5 billion Fannie Mae German government Between $100 million and $1 billion Abbott...

New rules aim to cut confusion on sunscreen claims

2011-06-14 10:06:00

Help is on the way to consumers confused by the jumble of sun protection numbers and other claims on sunscreens. Currently, standards of protection apply only to one part of the sun's spectrum, ultraviolet B rays, which cause sunburn. Under new rules...

Cheaper Birth Control Returns

2009-08-17 00:00:00

Everything that was tied up in the previous presidential administration is quickly coming undone. Congress passed a provision in its massive omnibus spending bill that allows pharmaceutical companies to reinstate discounts on birth control pills and other...

Merck gana en primeros nueve meses 1.392,7 millones dólares, el 78% menos

2010-10-29 00:00:00

La farmacéutica Merck triplica su beneficio en el primer trimestre de 2011

2011-04-29 00:00:00

named Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr., executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of the Deerfield-based retailer, effective Sept. 12. Sabatino replaces Dana Green, executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, who is retiring after 37 years with the company.

2011-08-22 00:00:00

is buying Schering-Plough Corp. for $41.1 billion in a deal that gives Merck key new businesses, access to a promising pipeline of new products and the chance to cut costs by $3.5 billion more per year, including eliminating about 16,000 jobs.

2009-03-11 09:41:12

Businessmen arrive at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Stock futures are lower Monday as a $41 billion deal between drugmakers Merck and Schering-Plough does little to jolt investors out of their pessimistic mood. The Dow Jones industrial average has suffered its worst-ever post-inauguration

2009-03-09 00:00:00