Pharmaceuticals

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is set to reap more than $3 billion.

The simple reality is that drug manufacturers want to make money.

Pfizer, Merck, Microsoft, Apple and others store money overseas for tax advantage.

Tighter regulation can help combat drug use, but it could be too crude an approach

The race to find a synthetic replacement for the blood of horse shoe crabs.

Turns out prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs are two very different businesses.

How a small pharmaceutical company triumphed over the pressures of Wall Street and 'big pharma.'

The U.S. has a new ambassador to China, who'll have to face challenges in getting Chinese and American businesses to play nice. And in New Orleans, learning music by watching the feet.

Generics have a 50 percent bigger markup in comparison with brand-name drugs.

GlaxoSmithKline says it will stop paying doctors to prescribe its drugs and will stop rewarding its sales reps for higher sales. The company has tested the approach in the U.S., judging salesmen on their medical and business knowledge, instead of how many drugs they sell.