Schering Plough Corporation

Jobs are vanishing at the fastest pace in more than five years with pink slips likely to keep stacking higher in the months ahead, an urgent signal the country may be careening toward a deep and painful recession just as Americans prepare to elect a new...

Jobs are vanishing at the fastest pace in more than five years, an urgent signal the country might be careening toward a deep and painful recession. Increasingly skittish employers chopped payrolls in September by 159,000 jobs — more than...

New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to their highest level in seven years due to the impact of a slowing economy and Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The department said new requests for jobless...

Schering-Plough Corp. plans to eliminate about 1,000 U.S. sales representatives, or about 20 percent of its field force, in a move to cut costs. The Kenilworth, N.J., drugmaker said the changes are part of a broader "productivity" initiative,...

Tupperware Brands Corp., a direct seller of plastic containers and beauty products, said Friday it expects third-quarter sales and earnings to be in line with the company's previously stated guidance. For the third quarter, Tupperware said it expects...

New research into a possible link between a cholesterol-reducing drug and cancer concluded there was no proof to establish a connection, but other doctors warned that it should be used more carefully. In a paper published today by the New England Journal...

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The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections. The drugs—Enbrel,...

TRENTON, N.J. In the latest disappointment for the cholesterol pill Vytorin, a major European study in patients with heart valve disease found the drug didn't prevent worsening of the disease or lower the need for valve surgery. Results of a preliminary...

Scientists have discovered what could be the ultimate workout for couch potatoes: exercise in a pill. In experiments on mice that did no exercise, the chemical compound, known as AICAR, allowed them to run 44 percent farther on a treadmill than those...

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WASHINGTON -- Federal drug safety regulators said Thursday they are investigating whether the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin can increase patients' risk of developing cancer. However, the Food and Drug Administration said patients should not stop...