Peter Frost

Accretive Health Inc. continues to shake up its leadership ranks, announcing Tuesday that it hired Joseph Flanagan as its new chief operating officer. Flanagan, formerly the senior vice president of...

Medicare patients in most of Cook and DuPage counties will have lower out-of-pocket costs starting this summer for a range of medical supplies like walkers, oxygen, powered wheelchairs and diabetic...

Two new collaborative work centers for bioscience startups are slated to open in Chicago during the next year as local industry boosters hope to replicate the momentum and visibility achieved...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday a plan to create a collaborative work center for biotechnology startups in downtown Chicago that's set to open early next year. The center will be...

Walgreen Co. is looking to sell six office buildings in its Deerfield headquarters complex as part of an effort to generate cash to invest in its stores and "core businesses,"...

Facing capacity constraints and a maturing pipeline of new treatments for chronic diseases, Baxter International Inc. is investing in more manufacturing capacity with an eye on meeting future demand for...

The Mayo Clinic, one of the most recognized names in health care, is continuing its push into Illinois with a new affiliation with OSF HealthCare, the fourth-largest health care provider...

Abbott Laboratories, in its first quarterly earnings report without its proprietary pharmaceutical arm, said Wednesday that first-quarter income from its continuing operations rose 55 percent, to $544 million, an increase...

Abbott Laboratories, in its first quarterly earnings report without its proprietary pharmaceutical arm, said first-quarter income from its continuing operations rose 55 percent, to $544 million, or 34 cents a...