November 20, 2008 — LONDON (Reuters) - Family doctors have been paid nearly 100 million pounds in incentive payments to adopt a key National Health Service reform that has failed to improve services or save money, a health think-tank said on Thursday.

November 18, 2008 — FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Merck KGaA, the drugmaker that markets Genentech's psoriasis drug Raptiva in Europe, said it is working with European Union regulators after a second Raptiva patient died of a rare brain infection in the United States.

November 6, 2008 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A compound found in green tea could slow or even prevent the development of type 1 diabetes, new research in mice suggests.

October 21, 2008 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About a quarter of biological medicines approved in the United States and Europe since 1995 have triggered safety warnings in the years after entering the market, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.

October 20, 2008 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A procedure using a topical solution made by DUSA Pharmaceuticals Inc and laser treatment stimulates collagen production and helps rejuvenate sun-damaged skin, U.S. researchers said on Monday.