Bruce Japsen

With few effective treatments available for children with severe heartburn, federal health regulators plan a quicker-than-normal approval process for a drug made by Lake Forest-based TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. Already...

Two of the Chicago area's largest Catholic-owned health-care systems have signed a major affiliation to develop clinical ventures they hope will boost business and improve patient treatment. Frankfort-based Provena Health,...

As Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans move toward consolidation, analysts say a Wisconsin Blues insurer may now be a more attractive purchase to a Chicago company and two...

The Chicago area's largest medical-care provider is looking to shed more properties to fund expansions and facility improvements at its hospitals. Advocate Health Care has hired real estate firm CB...

What might normally have been a year for big increases in executive bonuses at Baxter International Inc. turned into reductions last year after the company was linked to more than...

The Illinois State Medical Society is the latest doctor group to take to the courts in the escalating battle between physicians and managed-care plans. Already, the American Medical Association has...

As the would-be buyers of Grant Hospital scout for investors to back their purchase, the trail has led them through the West Side studios of the Oprah Winfrey Show. Well,...

A major contract to produce a smallpox vaccine for the U.S. has pulled a British vaccinemaker from the vast ranks of biotech companies begging investment bankers for financial help these...

Advocate Health Care is shopping another major health-care facility on the city's North Side. This time, the Chicago area's largest provider of medical care confirmed plans to sell the Warren...

Abbott Laboratories Chief Executive Miles White's spending spree on pharmaceutical research and development has made the company an employment hot spot in the drug and biotech industries. The North Chicago-based...