More than 800 pharmaceutical jobs will be leaving New Jersey starting in August.

For the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems.

Shares of Abbott Laboratories rose Thursday after regulators approved its drug-coated Xience V stent for sale.

Abbott Laboratories will reach its market share goals for its drug-coated Xience V stent, analysts said Thursday.

Drug developer and medical device maker Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it received Food and Drug Administration approval for its anticipated drug-coated stent, Xience V.

Abbott Laboratories won U.S. approval to sell its drug-coated heart stent called Xience, the company said on Wednesday.

An executive vice president of pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories exercised options for 13,392 shares of common stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A senior vice president of pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories sold 2,569 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Monday.

Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Monday its Ibis Biosciences Inc. unit received an additional $20 million investment from drug and medical device maker Abbott Laboratories.

By anyone's reckoning, it was a rough week.  Crude oil continued its relentless climb; banks and brokerages gave hints of more discouraging news; government data pointed to a weak economy; even strong companies like Nike, Oracle, and Research In Motion issued cautious guidance; and Federal Reserve policymakers, widely perceived as powerless to help, left interest rates unchanged.  But all week, even through the worst of the market's sell-offs, CNBC guests offered

Miles White, the chief executive of Abbott Laboratories, topped the list of the most highly paid chief executives in the health care sector.

An energy company CEO leads the list of the most highly paid chief executives in the Midwest. Bob Simpson of XTO Energy was No. 1 in the region that includes Texas, home to many oil and gas giants.

Two large pharmaceutical companies said Thursday they will appeal a jury verdict ordering them to pay more than $114 million for overcharging the state's Medicaid program for prescription drugs.

Shares of medical device companies closed higher Tuesday as the broader market rallied on falling oil prices and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments that the central bank might extend its lending efforts to investment banks.

Shares of medical device companies opened mixed Wednesday, while the broader market slipped on rebounding oil prices.