Bruce Japsen

Federal and state taxpayers could save tens of millions of dollars annually if drug prices were consistent throughout the Medicaid health insurance program for the poor, according to a government...

A year after the drug industry began making war over a pill for making love, newcomers are winning over prescriptions once dominated by Viagra. The popular blue, diamond-shaped pill that...

U.S. regulators have lagged behind some courts and health officials overseas in evaluating the safety of Abbott Laboratories' weight-loss drug Meridia. More than two years have passed since the consumer...

Talk of a possible buyout of Abbott Laboratories' half of a Lake Forest-based drugmaker appears to be taking a more serious tone in Japan than in North Chicago. Since taking...

Consumer choices and tightening reimbursements from insurance companies are having a negative impact on hospital finances, a new report from Moody's Investors Service indicates. The New York-based financial agency placed...

A group of South Side podiatrists will appeal an Illinois court ruling that may allow insurance companies to withhold payments from medical groups if they are not properly registered with...

Undaunted by the acquittals of a Lake Forest-based drugmaker's employees on bribes-for-prescriptions charges, federal prosecutors plan to proceed with the trial of a doctor facing similar allegations. Prosecutors confirmed they...

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Justice Department blasted physician collective bargaining with health plans as something that would "harm consumers financially and is unlikely to result in quality...