AP - Generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said Tuesday it has appointed vice chairman Dr. Phillip Frost to serve as chairman of its board.

AP - The Massachusetts man accused of killing his 4-year-old daughter by overmedicating her with prescription drugs is blaming his wife and a psychiatrist for the girl's death in 2006.

AP - Medicine Shoppe and Medicap pharmacists in seven states sued Cardinal Health in federal court Tuesday, alleging the health care products distributor failed to make good on promises it made when it asked them to switch to a new franchise agreement.

Two of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies said Tuesday they are uniting their animal health businesses in a deal to become the top dog in the veterinary industry.

French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis and US group Merck announced on Tuesday they would join forces to create the world's biggest animal health company.

AP - WuXi PharmaTech Inc. late Monday said it shifted to a profit in the fourth quarter, compared with a year-ago period when the research and development outsourcing company lost money due to a large impairment charge.

AP - PET MEDS: Two top pharmaceutical companies, Merck & Co. and Sanofi-Aventis SA, are uniting their animal health businesses in what would be the world's largest veterinary medicine company.

AP - A federal judge in Nashville has refused to dismiss 40 lawsuits against a Swedish-based pharmaceutical company accused of failing to warn patients that two of its drugs can cause severe deterioration of the jaw.

AP - ImmunoGen Inc. said Monday the Food and Drug Administration and European regulators gave the company's potential cancer drug IMGN901 orphan drug status.

AP - Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Monday the potential abuse-resistant painkiller Acurox met key goals in a pivotal study.