Pennsylvania still trying get a slice of J&J Risperdal payouts

PA alleges that J&J oversold the drug's benefits while underselling the risks.

NIH taps Genentech drug for pioneering Alzheimer's study

Researchers will test crenezumab in Colombians with a particular genetic mutation, aiming to see if the drug can stop Alzheimer's before it starts.

Pfizer's Torisel fails to best Nexavar in trial; Merck KGaA's Erbitux lacks as an add-on to chemo, study says;

@FiercePharma: Patients 'waiting up to nine years' for NICE to approve drugs, a U.K. study finds--Telegraph. Story | Follow @FiercePharma > Pfizer ($PFE) said its kidney cancer drug...

Pfizer To Present New Data In Advanced Kidney, Lung And Hematologic Cancers At 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting

Pfizer To Present New Data In Advanced Kidney, Lung And Hematologic Cancers At 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting Data from Kidney Cancer Portfolio Further Demonstrate Efficacy and Safety Across Multiple Lines...

Genentech Will Report New Data on Important Progress for People with Advanced Cancers at ASCO 2012

Genentech Will Report New Data on Important Progress for People with Advanced Cancers at ASCO 2012 -- First Pivotal Phase III Data on Genentech's Antibody-Drug Conjugate Trastuzumab Emtansine...

ASCO data to shine new light on Pfizer, Roche, J&J drugs

Cancer drug aficionados, rejoice. A slew of new studies goes public later today, as drugmakers gear up for next month's American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting.

Ex-BMS exec finishes book, and sentence, in conviction

A former Bristol-Myers Squibb executive has completed his sentence with a book on the Plavix scandal.

U.K. report says NICE drags its feet on drug approvals

British media are reporting on a study suggesting that U.K. patients twiddle their thumbs for up to 9 years as the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence deliberates over new products.

Revised patient access scheme and more information allow NICE to recommend abiraterone for prostate cancer

Revised patient access scheme and more information allow NICE to recommend abiraterone for prostate cancer NICE, the healthcare guidance body, has issued new draft guidance recommending the use of...

New discount persuades NICE to bless J&J's Zytiga

Britain's cost-effectiveness watchdog reversed its decision against the Johnson & Johnson prostate cancer pill, thanks to the company's new discount offer.