<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/10000108/device/rss/rss.html" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>Health Care</title><description><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/10000108</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:21 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Contraception &amp; Religious Freedom</title><description><![CDATA[Discussing the shift in contraception policy, with Mark Simone, WOR Radio Talk Show host and CNBC&#039;s Contributors Keith Boykin and James Pethokoukis.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000145411</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100428605</guid></item>  <item><title>Doctors, Insurers Trade Blame on Out-of-Network Fees</title><description><![CDATA[A new report shows non-network providers are charging insured patients outrageous out-of-network fees.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100427591</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100427591</guid></item>  <item><title>Obama Offers Compromise on Birth Control Coverage</title><description><![CDATA[The White House is offering a compromise on new Obamacare rules that would allow religious employers to exclude contraceptives from health insurance for employees.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100427793</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100427793</guid></item>  <item><title>Roche's CEO on Profit Pipeline</title><description><![CDATA[Severin Schwan, Roche CEO, discusses the company&#039;s future growth plans developing innovative medicines to fight the battle against cancer and Alzheimer disease.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000144012</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100426580</guid></item>  <item><title>UPDATE 4-Merck shares fall on worries about osteoporosis drug</title><description><![CDATA[*Quarterly sales $11.74 bln, vs view $11.48 bln. Feb 1- Merck&amp; Co Inc&#039;s quarterly results beat estimates, but the drugmaker issued a cautious 2013 profit forecast and said it will delay seeking approval for a high-profile osteoporosis drug, sending its shares down 3 percent.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100427496</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100427496</guid></item>  <item><title>Money In the 'Death Care' Industry</title><description><![CDATA[CNBC&#039;s Tyler Mathisen offers details of CNBC&#039;s special that is airing tonight called &quot;Death: It&#039;s A Living.&quot; ]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000145141</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100425464</guid></item>  <item><title>Obamacare Buyer's Remorse?</title><description><![CDATA[Some unions are growing weary of the health law they supported, with Grace-Marie Turner, Galen Institute president and Philip Dine, author of &quot;State of the Unions.&quot;]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000145064</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100425461</guid></item>  <item><title>Boehringer Ingelheim Ohio subsidiary enters consent decree</title><description><![CDATA[Jan 31- Ben Venue Laboratories Inc., a unit of German drug company Boehringer Ingelheim, may not freely make or distribute drugs from its facility in Bedford, Ohio, until U.S. regulators have determined it is in compliance with good manufacturing standards. Ben Venue has repeatedly violated good manufacturing practices, the FDA said in a statement.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100424567</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100424567</guid></item>  <item><title>Business Buzz: Paul Jacobs</title><description><![CDATA[CNBC&#039;s Maria Bartiromo gets the Davos buzz on technology and healthcare from Paul Jacobs, CEO at Qualcomm.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000144882</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100422092</guid></item>  <item><title>Obamacare Just Got Less Affordable for Millions</title><description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has adopted a strict definition of affordable health insurance that will deny assistance to millions of Americans, The NYT reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100422119</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100422119</guid></item>  <item><title>UPDATE 1-Second Twitter hoax in two days smacks another stock</title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, Jan 30- Sarepta Therapeutics Inc became the second company in as many days see its shares plunge as a result of a Twitter hoax on Wednesday after a user posed as an influential short-seller and alleged improprieties at the biopharmaceutical company.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100420903</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100420903</guid></item>  <item><title>Isis Pharma shares rise on Kynamro approval</title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK-- Shares of Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. soared Wednesday on news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its new drug application for its Kynamro cholesterol drug. Carlsbad, Calif.- based Isis has a deal with Genzyme, a unit of French drugmaker Sanofi SA, to market the drug if it is approved.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100420674</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100420674</guid></item>  <item><title>UPDATE 2-Roche flags further growth as new drugs deliver</title><description><![CDATA[*To pay 7.35 Sfr per share dividend for 2012. BASEL, Jan 30- Swiss drugmaker Roche forecast a rise in sales and profits this year, helped by new cancer medicines it hopes will shield it from the patent expiries ravaging many rivals.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100418731</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100418731</guid></item>  <item><title>Roche CEO: Emerging Markets Key to Momentum</title><description><![CDATA[Emerging markets will be the driver for continued growth, Swiss drug maker Roche told CNBC, even as the company faces price pressures elsewhere.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100415904</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100415904</guid></item>  <item><title>FDA gives new drug application approval to Isis</title><description><![CDATA[CARLSBAD, Calif.-- Drug developer Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. and partner Genzyme announced Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved their new drug application for Kynamro, clearing the way for Isis&#039; first drug to reach market.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100418012</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100418012</guid></item>  <item><title>Beijing Shuts Factories as Smog Levels Surge</title><description><![CDATA[Beijing temporarily shut down 103 heavily polluting factories and took 30 percent of government vehicles off roads to combat dangerously high air pollution, but the capital&#039;s air remained hazardous despite the measures.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100417934</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100417934</guid></item>  <item><title>Vertex swings to loss on weak hep C drug sales</title><description><![CDATA[CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- Specialty drugmaker Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. swung to a loss in the fourth quarter as doctors turned away from the company&#039;s best-selling drug for treating hepatitis C. Most of the decline was due to lower sales of the company&#039;s hepatitis C pill, Incivek, which contributed $223 million, down from $457 million.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100417931</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100417931</guid></item>  <item><title>UPDATE 1-FDA approves Sanofi drug for rare cholesterol disorder</title><description><![CDATA[*Drug from Sanofi and Isis Pharmaceuticals to be sold as Kynamro. *FDA requiring four post-marketing studies. Jan 29- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a drug made by Sanofi SA and Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc designed to treat a rare genetic disorder that causes dangerously high levels of bad LDL cholesterol.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100417909</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100417909</guid></item>  <item><title>FDA approves Sanofi drug for hereditary cholesterol disorder</title><description><![CDATA[*Drug from Sanofi and Isis Pharmaceuticals to be sold as Kynamro. *FDA requiring four post-marketing studies. Jan 29- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a drug made by Sanofi SA and Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc designed to treat a rare genetic disorder that causes dangerously high levels of bad LDL cholesterol.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100417885</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100417885</guid></item>  <item><title>Keryx announces $55M public offering</title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK-- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. said Tuesday that it will offer $55 million worth of its common stock in a public offering. The company plans to submit an application for approval of the drug to both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and European regulators in this year&#039;s second quarter.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100417726</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100417726</guid></item>  <item><title>WRAPUP 2-Pfizer, Lilly profits beat Street; generics take toll</title><description><![CDATA[Jan 29- Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter profits as deals, cost cutting and strong sales of new products helped the pharmaceutical companies weather generic competition for once top-selling products.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100417573</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100417573</guid></item>  <item><title>Keryx shares keep climbing on drug trial results</title><description><![CDATA[Shares of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. extended its gains Tuesday, a day after the drug developer said its potential kidney disease drug, Zerenex, performed much better than a placebo in a late-stage clinical trial.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100417289</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100417289</guid></item>  <item><title>Eli Lilly Loses to Generics, but Beats Estimates</title><description><![CDATA[Eli Lilly said that fourth-quarter earnings fell as competition from generic drugs, particularly for its top-selling schizophrenia drug Zyprexa, drove revenue lower.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100415249</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100415249</guid></item>  <item><title>UPDATE 1-Lilly loses ground in fourth quarter to generics</title><description><![CDATA[Jan 29- Eli Lilly and Co said on Tuesday that fourth-quarter earnings fell as competition from generic drugs, particularly for its top-selling schizophrenia drug Zyprexa, drove revenue lower. The U.S. drugmaker earned $827 million, or 74 cents per share, compared with $858 million, or 77 cents per share, a year earlier.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100415222</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100415222</guid></item>  <item><title>Lilly fourth-quarter profit fall as generics hurt sales</title><description><![CDATA[Jan 29- Eli Lilly and Co said on Tuesday that fourth-quarter earnings had fallen as competition from generic drugs drove revenue lower. The U.S. drugmaker said it had earned $827 million, or 74 cents per share, compared with $858 million, or 77 cents per share, a year earlier.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100415126</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100415126</guid></item>  <item><title>Opko Health CEO on Cytochromas Acquisition</title><description><![CDATA[Opko Health chairman and CEO Dr. Phillip Frost, offers insight on his company&#039;s acquisition of Cytochromas, its partnerships with companies like Bristol-Meyers Squibb, and where the company is headed this year.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000144067</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100414044</guid></item>  <item><title>Furiex jumps after diabetes drug approval</title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK-- Shares of Furiex Pharmaceuticals Inc. surged Monday after regulators approved three new diabetes drugs that Japanese drugmaker Takeda developed with help from Furiex. THE SPARK: On Friday, Takeda said the Food and Drug Administration approved the type 2 diabetes drug Nesina and the combination drugs Oseni and Kazano.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100413239</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100413239</guid></item>  <item><title>FDA accepts application for new Sanofi MS drug</title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK-- French drugmaker Sanofi said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration will review its experimental multiple sclerosis treatment Lemtrada.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100412734</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100412734</guid></item>  <item><title>Keryx shares soar on kidney drug results</title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK-- Shares of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. soared Monday after the drug developer said its potential kidney disease drug, Zerenex, performed much better than a placebo in a late-stage clinical trial.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100412610</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100412610</guid></item>  <item><title>UPDATE 2-Medical isotope maker Nordion explores alternatives</title><description><![CDATA[Jan 28- Canada&#039;s Nordion Inc, a major provider of medical isotopes, said on Monday it has hired advisers to examine options for its future, sending its shares sharply higher. Nordion suspended its dividend in September after an arbitration panel rejected its claim for damages from its main supplier, state-owned Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd..]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100412605</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100412605</guid></item> </channel> </rss