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Anna Nicole Smith's longtime companion and attorney Howard K. Stern and two psychiatrists were charged today with conspiring to furnish drugs to the one-time Playboy playmate in the years leading up to her 2007 death from a ...

Deal talks between Genentech and Roche hit a snag over dueling interpretations of arcane SEC rules, but the problem is unlikely to derail the transaction, according to people familiar with the matter.

Dow Chemical and Rohm & Haas have reached a tentative deal to complete their disputed $15 billion merger, according to people briefed on the situation.

Drugmakers Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. are planning to merge under the name Merck in a stock-and-cash deal worth about $41.1 billion.

Grammy-winning rapper Coolio was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday on suspicion of possessing illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia, according to a spokeswoman for the airport.

Swiss drug company Roche Holding increased its offer to acquire the rest of Genentech to $93 a share from $86.50.

Walgreen Co. executives are considering selling booze at its drugstores after phasing out beer and wine at all but a few hundred stores in the 1990s.

Despite warnings about drug gang violence, U.S. college students are starting their annual "spring break" party on Mexican beaches, bringing dollars that will help cushion the economic slump in Mexico.

Justices said a drug company is not protected from injury claims merely because the federal government had approved the products and labeling.

In a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, Americans are closely divided on the question of whether marijuana should be legalized: 40% say it should be, while 46% disagree. Fourteen percent (14%) are not sure which course is better.