GlaxoSmithKline

WASHINGTON (AP) — The blockbuster asthma drug Advair does not appear to have an increased risk of serious complications seen with similar new medicines, federal health officials said Friday. But a less widely used medication, Serevent, had a...

ATLANTA (AP) — Cases of Guinea worm disease — a horrifying infection that culminates in worms coming out of a victim's skin — have reached an all-time low worldwide, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced Friday. Only 4,410...

NEW YORK (AP) — French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA is cutting an unspecified number of U.S. sales jobs as part of a realignment of its marketing. The company said in an e-mailed statement that it is realigning its sales force. The changes, it said,...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Last warning: Asthma inhalers go "green" on Dec. 31, forcing patients still using the old-fashioned kind to make a pricey and even confusing switch. The medicine inside these rescue inhalers — the albuterol that quickly opens...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) _ European patients had to pay some euro3 billion ($3.87 billion) more for medicines in 2000-2007 because pharmaceutical companies deliberately stalled the sale of cheaper generic versions, EU antitrust regulators said Friday. An...

People who struggle against social convention fascinate Christopher Lane, a Northwestern University professor of English. In his book, Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness, Lane looks at people who don't conform to our culture's fondness for...

No longer is unemployment somebody else's problem. Chances are you know someone who has lost a job recently. Or you know somebody who knows somebody who has become unemployed through no fault of their own. Amid all the hustle and bustle to fix the...

The nation's unemployment rate is at a 14-year high, Ford is planning more job cuts after burning through billions in the third quarter, and General Motors is expected to report its own dismal earnings results later Friday. The evidence continues to roll...

Google Inc. has scrapped its Internet advertising partnership with struggling rival Yahoo Inc., abandoning attempts to overcome the objections of antitrust regulators and customers who believed the alliance would give Google too much power over online...

New claims for unemployment benefits dropped slightly last week, while the number of people continuing to receive benefits reached its highest level in more than 25 years, the government said Thursday. The Labor Department reported that initial claims...

A vaccine against rotavirus, the leading cause of diarrhea in infants, has led to a dramatic drop in hospitalization and emergency room visits since it came on the market two years ago, doctors reported yesterday. A bonus: The vaccine seems to be...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ The controversial diabetes pill Avandia failed to significantly slow plaque buildup in heart arteries compared with an older drug, though there were some hopeful signs in a new study reported Wednesday. Avandia, once a blockbuster drug...