Healthcare

GSK acquires Sirtris Pharmaceuticals to establish a presence in the research of a recently discovered class of enzymes.

All chickens exposed to the bird-flu virus in northwest Arkansas are killed and buried.

American of Martinsville will implement Microsoft technology to eliminate manual systems and manage products from concept to delivery.

Playtex Infant Care addresses growing public confusion about plastics used in baby bottles by announcing the distribution of one million free samples of Playtex Drop-Ins Original Nurser Systems that are free of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used to manufacture polycarbonate plastic products.

Nestle concentrates on the new-generation probiotics market with the opening a new production facility in Konolfingen, Switzerland.

Chances are that you caught some strain of flu that was going around last month.

Cancer accounts for one in eight deaths globally -- more than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc successfully completed its acquisition of Adams Respiratory Therapeutics Inc. through a cash tender offer followed by a short- form merger of its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Twickenham Inc., with and into Adams.