The Food and Drug Administration, after a year of deliberation (see story), issued a final ruling yesterday that requires pharmaceutical companies to apply bar codes to thousands of prescription and ...

September 13, 2006 (updated October 24, 2006) — Effective January 2007, new codes approved by the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will allow the agency to reimburse for alcohol and ...

Counterfeit drugs are a global problem. This week, counterfeit versions of Roche’s cancer drug, Avastin were distributed in the United States. The cancer drug makes bank for Roche, about $6B a year.