Before Allergan could begin settlement negotiations with the Department of Justice (DOJ) -- which ended with an agreement to pay $600 million on Wednesday -- DOJ required the Botox manufacturer to first withdraw a First Amendment lawsuit against the FDA filed last October.

While the number of physicians open to pharmaceutical sales calls is shrinking, a new survey suggests some venues are more hospitable to industry than others.

Golf legend and prostate cancer survivor Arnold Palmer is the celebrity face of a new educational website and program developed by Centocor Ortho Biotech and Us TOO, a nonprofit prostate cancer support organization.

A new report says patients began discussing the risks of GlaxoSmithKline diabetes drug Avandia in online forums and blogs well before a meta-analysis linked it to higher heart-attack risk.

Physicians going online (via computer) for health information visit professional sites most often, and they visit WebMD's Medscape -- a free portal for physicians -- more than any other, according to a comScore/ImpactRx study.

Drug industry advertising spend is set to make up just 4% of all US online ad spend through 2014 as regulatory uncertainty hinders investment, an eMarketer forecast says.

Marketing firm QualityHeath says a partnership with website iVillage will potentially expose more women to its pharma-sponsored content while giving clients better control over DTC media spend.

A fifth of consumers have asked their doctor to prescribe a drug they learned about through advertising, and fully two-thirds have received free samples of prescription drugs from their doctor - but they worry about the industry's influence on physicians, according to a Consumer Reports survey.

Quadrant HealthCom united two titles - The Female Patient and OBG Management - under an alliance providing advertisers with a "ping-pong" opportunity for campaigns.

Drug ads emphasizing familial health risks prompt at-risk patients to adjust their lifestyles, not just pop a pill, a study found.