French health watchdog recommends ending reimbursement for homeopathic drugs

France's health watchdog on Friday recommended that social security stop reimbursing patients for homeopathic drugs, citing insufficient effectiveness.

Encompass Health to pay $48 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations: DOJ

Encompass Health Corp has agreed to pay $48 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.

Pfizer gene therapy for rare muscle disease shows promise in small, early study

Pfizer Inc on Friday presented promising results from a tiny early study of its experimental gene therapy for a rare muscle disease, but two of the six patients in the trial experienced side effects that landed them in the hospital.