The U.S. Justice Department plans to appeal a three-judge panel's decision earlier this month preventing the government from pursuing $280 billion in its civil-racketeering case against cigarette

Canadian regulators suspened sales of the once-daily formulation of the blockbuster attention deficit disorder drug Adderall, citing a risk that it may cause sudden deaths. Adderall, used by 700,000

Medical advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will gather next week in a meeting that could result in tougher warnings or other restrictions on some widely used painkillers. The FDA

More than 150 kilometers from the nearest inhabited settlement, one of the nearest inhabited settlement one of the world's biggest energy companies thinks it has found an inexpensive way to get rid

A U.S. federal appellate court tossed out the possibility of a $280 billion penalty against the tobacco industry, handling tobacco companies a major legal victory and possibly putting Altria Group

Across the world, fast-foot outlets are a fact of life. But in India they've sparked protests as much as profits. For Dr. Vandana Shiva, the physicist turned culinary crusader who started the caf

A multibillion dollar lawsuit against Mc-Donald's for making people fat has twice been laughed out of court since it was first filed in the U.S. in 2002. But last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for

Development costs of new prescription drugs are weighing on the profits of Japan's two largest drug makers, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and Sankyo Co., the companies results showed. Takeda, the

China will continue over hauling its agricultural sector, including a further widening of its program to abolish rural taxes, a senior bureaucrat said. Despite the government's continued efforts to

Vietnam reported two more bird-flu deaths, bringing the human toll to nine in three weeks, as leaders of the World Health Organization planned to discuss precautions for a possible global flu