Healthcare/Life Sciences

Doctors and pharmacists receive lengthy pamphlets for all prescription drugs that can stretch as long as a dining-room table. Efforts to go digital in this heavily regulated industry are finally making headway, offering drugmakers the…

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. ’s 2019 acquisition of its larger European rival Shire PLC made it one of the most indebted drugmakers in the world. Four years later, Takeda has not only brought its debt burden down…

Nutritional supplement company Bountiful Co. will pay $600,000 following Federal Trade Commission allegations that it made products on Amazon look like they had more reviews and higher average ratings than they…

Federal Trade Commission guidelines for advertising health-related products just got a big refresh—and they could be a rude awakening for marketers making overzealous claims about products such as supplements or health apps. The agency in…

Corporate technology leaders looking to cut costs are turning to industry-specific cloud platforms, which are outfitted with tailor-made capabilities for running hospitals, banks, stores or other businesses.Chad Brisendine, vice president…

A new campaign from the Ad Council and Meta Platforms Inc. is encouraging parents of teen and young-adult children to speak to them about the dangers of fentanyl. Drug…

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has approved research that will use artificial intelligence to delve into drug supply chains and probe for weaknesses, including foreign influence.The DHS-backed research comes amid intense focus on…

One of the largest hospital operators in the U.S. is wrestling with downed systems and disruptions to patient care at hospitals in several states following a ransomware attack last week.CommonSpirit Health, which operates over 140 hospitals…

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is planning to reinvigorate its pharmacy business partly through a marketing push designed to regain customers that stopped spending with the chain during the Covid-19 pandemic.“Frankly, we lost customers…

The concentrated effort to develop, manufacture and distribute vaccines as the Covid-19 pandemic began to rage across the world highlighted the importance of the supply chain and helped set a model for how lifesaving medicines will be…