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News bites: Plan B redux, ‘broken’ healthcare, and more
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12/13/11 09:01 AM ET
The Food and Drug Administration has denied a petition by a reproductive-rights advocacy group that sought to lift all prescription requirements for an older version of the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Departed Medicare chief Don Berwick tells Kaiser Health News that U.S. healthcare is “broken.”
Teens are swapping cigarettes for flavored mini-cigars, reports The Washington Post.
Medical-device giant Medtronic has agreed to pay the United States $23.5 million to settle claims that the company paid kickbacks to physicians.
A Glaxo unit faces fraud charges, The Wall Street Journal reports.
