Topic: Ims Health Inc.

Actavis has received approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to market Atomoxetine HCl capsules for the treatment of attention...
Do you believe in the investing principles of Ben Graham? I do. As such, I often find myself writing about the margin of safety, an idea Graham...
Growth in U.S. sales of pharmaceuticals bounced back last year as rebates and low-cost generic drugs drove an increase in the number of prescriptions filled, according to data tracking firm IMS Health.U.S. pharmaceutical sales climbed 5.1 percent to ...
A Ukrainian energy engineering consultant was ordered Monday to pay more than $580,000 for improperly gaining access to information that allowed ...

IMS Health 4Q profit shrinks

IMS Health 4th-quarter profit shrinks on higher expenses, chargesIMS Health Inc., which provides market data to pharmaceutical and health care companies, said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit shrank 27 percent as rising expenses and restructuring charges
IMS Health stock tumbles after senators pitch pharmaceutical data mining banShares of IMS Health Inc. tumbled Friday, a day after an amendment was introduced to the Senate health care overhaul bill that would effectively ban pharmaceutical data mining.The

Private Equity is Back

Private equity firms appear to be getting back into the leveraged buyout game, with the second billion-plus dollar deal being announced in less...
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Monday it is making major changes in its funding of educational programs for doctors, reducing the number it sponsors and switching its focus to independent ones with balanced information.The change follows simil
The Supreme Court won't stop the state of New Hampshire from making doctors' prescription-writing habits confidential over the objection of companies who analyze and sell that information.The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from IMS Health
Diabetes is a disorder in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or does not use the hormone properly to move sugar from the bloodstream into cells to be converted to energy.Some statistics on the disease, which is becoming ...