Healthcare

Bristol-Myers Squibb announced Thursday that it’s going to acquire another drugmaker, Celgene. The deal is worth about $74 billion. The combined company will have nine products with sales of more than a billion dollars a year, including some blockbuster cancer drugs. The merger is a sign that Big Pharma is betting big on cancer medications. […]

Caring for the elderly is expensive for insurers and for families.

Use it or lose it? Make sure you take advantage of every dollar.

The ads tell the story as Democrats and Republicans work to ease voters' fears about pre-existing conditions.

The ads tell the story as Democrats and Republicans work to ease voters' fears about pre-existing conditions.

The Consumer Price Index tracks the average price change over time for a “basket”  of goods and services. The CPI takes into account things like food, transportation and health care. If the CPI goes up, that’s considered an indication that the inflation rate is rising. But when the Federal Reserve calculates the inflation rate, it […]

His bill is called the "Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies," or "Stop BEZOS" Act.

It's become a cautionary tale for biotech investors. Are they heeding it?

Rising drug prices are part of what's driving health care inflation. What do you do if you are a big health care company? Start your own drug company.