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Pfizer settles Protonix patent case for $2.15B

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 12th

NEW YORK (AP) - Two generic drugmakers will pay $2.15 billion to Pfizer and Takeda Pharmaceutical to settle a patent fight over the heartburn treatment Protonix. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., one of the world's largest generic drugmakers, will pay $1.6 billion, while India's Sun

NSA debate pits far left, right against the middle

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 12th

By CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Revelations of massive government collections of Americans' phone and email records have reinvigorated an odd-couple political alliance of the far left and right. A number of Democratic civil liberties activists, along with libertarian-

DEA settles Walgreens painkiller case for $80M

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 11th

By CURT ANDERSONAP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) - Federal authorities have reached an $80 million civil settlement with the Walgreens pharmacy chain over rules violations that allowed tens of thousands of units of powerful painkillers such as oxycodone to illegally wind up in the hands of drug

OTC morning-after pill sales coming _ but not yet

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 11th

By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Don't look for the morning-after pill to move next to the condoms on drugstore shelves right away - but after a decade-plus fight, it appears it really will happen. Backed into a corner by a series of court rulings, the Obama administration

OTC morning-after pill sales coming _ but not yet

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 11th

DA: Brockovich to face misdemeanor boat DUI charge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 11th

By KEN RITTERAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - Environmental activist and movie namesake Erin Brockovich will face a misdemeanor charge of operating a boat while intoxicated at Lake Mead, the district attorney in Las Vegas decided Tuesday. Brockovich, 52, has an Oct. 7 court date in Henderson

Hepatitis A linked to frozen berries sickens 87

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 11th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says an outbreak of hepatitis A linked to a frozen berry mix sold at Costco has grown to 87 people with illnesses in eight states. The CDC said Tuesday that illnesses have been reported in

Cleveland punishes 12 officers in deadly chase

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 11th

By THOMAS J. SHEERANAssociated Press CLEVELAND (AP) - The city fired a police sergeant, demoted two other supervisors and suspended nine more Tuesday for their roles in a chase in which officers fired 137 shots and killed a fleeing driver and his passenger. The fired officer, Sgt. Michael Donegan,

Marlboro maker Altria jumping into e-cigarettes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 11th

By MICHAEL FELBERBAUMAP Tobacco Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Tobacco company Altria Group Inc. is launching its first electronic cigarette under the MarkTen brand in Indiana starting in August and expanding its smokeless product offerings. The owner of the nation's biggest cigarette maker,

Obama's ATF nominee gets Senate hearing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 11th

By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Five months after President Barack Obama called on lawmakers to approve his choice to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Senate is considering the nomination. When B. Todd Jones appeared before the Senate