Breast Cancer Vaccine Lawsuit Settlement Announced
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About 50 breast cancer survivors and a Chicago medical school have agreed to settle a lawsuit involving a breast cancer vaccine program.
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NEW YORK  - The supply issues with Prevnar, a vaccine that protects kids from bacterial infections, have been resolved and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other groups are now recommending that doctors resume giving the
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Maryland and two other states announced Wednesday a settlement of their lawsuits against Brown &amp; Williamson Tobacco Co. over its &quot;Kool Mixx&quot; campaign, which officials claimed targeted African-American youth.
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BRISBANE, Calif. -- A Brisbane company has been awarded an $877.5 million contract to supply 75 million doses of anthrax vaccine to the federal government, company officials said today.
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WASHINGTON -- Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay $3.4 billion in the largest tax settlement in IRS history, resolving a dispute from the 1980s over the multinational company's U S profits.
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Soft drink companies including PepsiCo Inc. have settled a lawsuit alleging that their products contained ingredients that could form the carcinogen benzene, the suit's plaintiffs said on Thursday.
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Washington - Years of clinical trials have yielded promising results for a vaccine that would protect women from a virus that causes cervical cancer, researchers said on Monday.
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The US drug agency agreed to allow a drug currently used against advanced breast cancer to be prescribed to prevent the disease from recurring in women who have been treated for early forms of the disease.
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A couple who contended that a hormone-replacement drug caused the woman's breast cancer was awarded $1.5 million Monday in a jury verdict against drug maker Wyeth.
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Illumina settles its disputes about patents with Affymetrix.
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By The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Feb. 19--A vaccine that prevents any form of cancer has long been the holy grail of medical research. So, when one is found, of course many people will want to rush it into widespread use.
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London - Women with breast cancer were offered new hope this week by research hailed as the biggest advance in treatment for the disease for 30 years.
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Jennifer Aniston settles a legal case with a photographer she sued for allegedly taking topless pictures of her.
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A drug currently prescribed to combat advanced breast cancer can now be used to help prevent the disease from recurring in women who have been treated for early forms of the disease, the US Food and Drug Administration ruled Friday.
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German drugmaker Schering AG said on Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had granted its breast cancer treatment bonefos "priority review" status.
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VaxGen, which shifted its focus to bioterrorism treatments after failures in HIV research, has won an $877 million contract to supply the United States government with anthrax vaccine.
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Blog: One of the many companies defending itself against a patent lawsuit filed by Visto has settled for an undisclosed amount.