Health Care

Federal inspectors have repeatedly ordered a southeast Iowa fur farm to improve the living conditions for ferrets, foxes, raccoons and skunks it sells to government laboratories and pet stores.

Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP is exploring a sale or initial public offering of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, a U.S. diagnostics company that could be valued at more than $7 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said.

U.S. regulators have approved the first drug to prevent life-threatening infections in adults after a bone marrow transplant.

Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca says its net income and sales fell in the third quarter as it worked to make up for the loss of patent protection for major products such as Crestor and Seroquel XR.

Arkansas has identified a New York pharmaceutical company as the maker of one of its lethal injection drugs, and the company says it doesn't want any of its products used in executions.

IRS commissioner John Koskinen’s last day on the job is Thursday, but he appears to have decided to bestow one final gift on the business community on his way out.

Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News senior judicial analyst, discusses the referendum in Maine expanding Medicaid to low-income adults.

The Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday that repealing the individual mandate under Obamacare would reduce the federal budget deficit by $338 billion over the next decade.

Humana Inc. (HUM) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $499 million.

Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. is seeing fiscal second-quarter profit slip 3 percent despite growing sales because of costs related to improper vehicle checks in Japan and a massive global air-bag recall in the U.S. Nissan, allied with Renault SA of France, reported Wednesday a July-September profit of 141.6 billion yen ($1.2 billion), down from 146.1 billion yen the same period last year.

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Florida's state-run pension plan is going to sue a pharmaceutical company over millions in losses that top officials contend were due to fraud.

A new breakthrough on the cusp of human trials, may mean lifelong protection against the flu.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (VRX) on Tuesday reported third-quarter net income of $1.3 billion, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

U.S. drug distributor Cardinal Health's quarterly profit fell nearly 63 percent, hurt by restructuring costs related to an agreement to directly distribute surgeon gloves in some markets.

Health insurer Anthem said on Monday its Chief Executive Joseph Swedish will step down and will be replaced by Gail Boudreaux.

House Speaker Paul Ryan says Republicans are discussing whether their tax plan should include a repeal of the Obama health law's requirement that people have insurance coverage or face a penalty.

U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc's Chief Executive Joseph Swedish will step down and be succeeded by industry veteran Gail Boudreaux, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.