Articles Written by:    SCOTT HENSLEY     

Lilly Swinging to Red on ImClone Buy, but Remains on Lookout for Deals

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Eli Lilly will be in the red for 2008 thanks to more than $4 billion in fourth-quarter charges related to the drugmaker’s $6.5 billion deal for ImClone Systems. For this year, the company said it now ...

From SCOTT HENSLEY, Wall Street Journal,  11 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal

Waxman Maps Health Agenda for Next Congress

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Rep. Henry Waxman, incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has started laying out his health-care priorities in the new role. Health reform under Obama, Waxman said, is doable ...

From SCOTT HENSLEY, Wall Street Journal,  9 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Henry Waxman,  Barack Obama,  Food and Drug Administration,  Wall Street Journal

Roche CEO Warns Big Pharma and Biotech Face Rough Waters

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Roche CEO Severin Schwan is the latest exec to to sound the alarm about tough times for the pharmaceutical sector. In an interview with the WSJ, Schwan (pictured) said some drugmakers will probably ...

From SCOTT HENSLEY, Wall Street Journal,  8 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Novartis,  Genentech, Inc.,  Wall Street Journal

Key Congressman Pushes for New Blood at FDA

Congrats on the win! While you were out campaigning, I was on Capitol Hill digging into a heap of problems at the FDA. If I learned one thing in the 16 hearings I held, it’s that FDA needs some new leaders. So, Barack, not that you asked me, but I’m ...

From SCOTT HENSLEY, Wall Street Journal,  5 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Food and Drug Administration,  Bart Stupak,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  GlaxoSmithKline Inc

Glaxo Returns to Court in Fight Over Patent Procedures

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. GlaxoSmithKline goes to Washington tomorrow to argue in a federal appeals court that government rules intended to curb abuse of the U.S. patent system aren’t such a hot idea after all. The drugmaker ...

From SCOTT HENSLEY, Wall Street Journal,  4 Dec 2008
Related Topics: GlaxoSmithKline Inc,  Dow Jones,  General Electric,  Stanford University,  U.S. Congress

UnitedHealth Will Now Sell You Insurance for Insurance

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. The house of health insurance mirrors now features insurance for future insurance. The health insurance mess has come to this: UnitedHealth will now sell you insurance that guarantees your future ...

From SCOTT HENSLEY, Wall Street Journal,  3 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Wall Street Journal

Personal Pictures Might Improve Radiology Results

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Radiologists diagnose patients’ ills while peering at X-rays, MRI scans and CT images in darkened rooms. They move quickly from image to image, dictating their findings for the referring doctor, but ...

From SCOTT HENSLEY, Wall Street Journal,  2 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Harvard University,  Wall Street Journal

Obama Presidency Could Bring Cheaper Medicines, Universal Coverage

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Some of Big Pharma’s worst fears could become reality under the Obama administration, the Chicago Tribune reports. Changes to look for: legalization of the importation of cheaper prescription ...

From SCOTT HENSLEY, Wall Street Journal,  1 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Ken Johnson,  Heritage Foundation,  Wall Street Journal

Latest Postmortem on Torcetrapib Leaves Hope for HDL Boosters

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Side effects from torcetrapib may not doom similar drugs. Not according to a couple of papers published online during the holiday-shortened week. The work suggests torcetrapib’s problems were ...

From SCOTT HENSLEY, Wall Street Journal,  1 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Merck & Company, Inc.,  Wall Street Journal

A Career in Primary Care Still Is Cause for Thanks

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Country doctor Ben Brewer writes often for WSJ.com on the travails of primary care. Despite the hardships, he says he can’t imagine doing anything else. In his latest column, Brewer gives thanks for ...

From SCOTT HENSLEY, Wall Street Journal,  27 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal

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