Judge clears way for Maryland drug price-gouging law

(Reuters) - A U.S. District Court judge on Friday cleared the way for Maryland to implement the nation's first law designed to penalize drugmakers for price gouging by denying the generic drug industry trade group's request for an injunction.

US invests $170 million in late-stage Ebola vaccines, drugs

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. government is investing more than $170 million to help two new vaccines against the Ebola virus and two Ebola drugs complete the steps needed for approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

U.S. FDA proposes 1-1/2-year delay to nutrition label changes

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed giving manufacturers an extra 1-1/2 years to comply with new nutrition label requirements on packaged foods.