By Alicia Mundy A government attempt to oust a longtime drug-company chief executive over his company’s marketing violations is raising alarms in that industry and beyond about a potential expansion of federal involvement in the business world. The Department of Health and Human Services this month notified Howard Solomon of Forest Laboratories Inc. that it […]
Government Backs Futuristic Flu Shots
By Matthew Herper The U.S. government is pledging $215 million — and as much as $375 million — to two biotechnology companies working to pioneer faster, more efficient ways to make vaccines for influenza. As was evident when the outbreak of the H1N1 swine flu swept across the country in 2009, our system for making […]