ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG is aiming to launch at least six new products by the end of 2014 and its seeking to strengthen its position in areas outside oncology, the Swiss drugmaker said ahead of its investor day. Roche, the world's largest maker of cancer drugs, is aiming to build up its strength in the therapeutic areas of ...

China has ordered an investigation after a report that unsafe vaccines led to the deaths of four children and sickened 74 others in the country's latest product-quality scare. The order by the Ministry of Health came after the China Economic Times on Wednesday reported unsafe vaccines for encephalitis, hepatitis B, rabies and other illnesses were being used in the ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Health Ministry is probing a report in a domestic newspaper that faulty vaccines in northern Shanxi province were responsible for killing four children and making dozens of others sick. China has been beset by a series of product safety scandals over the past few years. At least six children died in 2008 after drinking milk contaminated ...

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said Wednesday it agreed to hold off on launching a generic version of Merck & Co.'s cancer drug Temodar until a federal appeals court weighs in on the drug's patent. Instead of launching its generic version of Temodar now ...