Bruce Japsen

A Chicago company's push into consumer-friendly medical care made it an attractive acquisition target. Health IQ Diagnostics LLC of Chicago was sold Wednesday to Nashville-based American Healthways Inc. for $2...

The biotechnology industry is booming, with sales and investments soaring to record levels. A new report from Ernst & Young shows a 17 percent increase last year in global revenues...

As Abbott Laboratories ramps up staffing for new diagnostic manufacturing plants in Ireland and England, an undisclosed number of jobs will disappear at Lake County facilities where such medical tests...

One ad shows the eyes and ears of a tiger sitting atop the mouth of a smiling girl. Another shows the top of a lion's head spliced together with a...

A push by health insurance companies into consumer-friendly medical care, the industry's latest buzz, is gaining momentum in Illinois. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is rolling out an...

Move over Michael Moore, here comes Jamie Reidy. Reidy, a former Pfizer Inc. drug sales representative, says he is negotiating the movie rights for his book recounting his days selling...

Aetna Inc. is launching a new network of specialists in the Chicago area, hoping, it says, to encourage health plan members to pick doctors who have demonstrated effectiveness in "clinical...

Former Baxter International Inc. chairman and chief executive officer Harry Kraemer has joined Chicago-based private equity fund Madison Dearborn Partners as an executive partner. In his new role, the 50-year-old...

An up-and-coming health benefits firm will relocate to downtown Chicago from smaller offices in Oak Brook to accommodate the company's growth and future employment needs. Destiny Health, which sells so-called...

Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan's office recently intervened in a whistleblower's suit that accuses an Illinois HMO of defrauding the Medicaid health insurance program for the poor by submitting false...