British American Tobacco has become the first tobacco company to launch an electronic cigarette in the UK, raising fears that it could eventually boost its profits with public money should the NHS begin prescribing ecigarettes as a smoking-cessation tool.

Government’s immunisation advisors say the jab is 'highly unlikely to be cost effective'

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One of GlaxoSmithKline’s top executives in China was filmed in a bedraggled state “confessing” to bribery claims at Britain’s biggest drugmaker on Chinese state TV.

It is now clear that the "one or two mistakes" were in fact overwhelming problems, but phasing out the LCP still leaves the problems it was created to resolve

Billionaire hedge fund boss Steve Cohen is likely to escape criminal charges over one of the biggest cases of alleged insider dealing as US prosecutors fail to come up with enough evidence against him before a deadline at the end of this month.

Fast bowler confident of playing at Trent Bridge next week following shoulder injection

England 413-9 dec & 279 dec Essex278 & 186 (England win by 228 runs): Fast bowler struggles with shoulder injury but Graeme Swann shows his resilience after scare

Health officials have advised patients with heart problems to avoid an over-the-counter painkiller used by millions after research found it can significantly increase the risk of a heart attack or a stroke.

A local official said an agreement of pay was reached with "mutual satisfaction"

The BMA represents 152,000 doctors around the country

The media isn't responsible for my fears about the NHS. It's the people who have been responsible for, or complicit in the most horrific examples