> The Detroit Medical Center has made plans to cut payments to Wayne State University School of Medicine by $12 million a year, contending that WSU pays too much to doctors who treat indigent patients. Article [1]
> The University of Iowa Hospitals are planning a 10-year expansion, including the construction of a new children's hospital, which would cost $700 million to $850 million. Article [2]
> An FDA advisory panel has approved a new shot form of psychiatric drug Zyprexa, saying that the drowsiness it causes is a reasonable trade-off for schizophrenic patients who can't stick to a med regimen on their own. FiercePharma [3]
> French authorities are investigating whether GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur fully disclosed potential side effects of its vaccines in its 1990s anti-hepatitis B vaccination campaign. FierceVaccines [4]
And Finally... Workers at a Minnesota meat plant have been stricken with a strange neurological illness--and no one knows why. Article [5]
Links:
[1] http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802080326
[2] http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-uihospitals-expan,0,4708501.story
[3] http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/zyprexa-shot-gets-panels-ok/2008-02-07
[4] http://www.fiercebioresearcher.com/vaccines/story/france-probe-gsk-sanofi-vaccination-campaign/2008-02-07
[5] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/health/05pork.html?_r=1&ref=health&oref=slogin