A who’s who of New Jersey pharmaceutical leaders touted their accomplishments and honored their innovators at the BioNJ 2019 Annual Dinner Meeting & Innovation Celebration in New Brunswick on Thursday night.

Later this quarter, Johnson & Johnson will become the first pharmaceutical company to include information about the cost of its medicines in direct-to-consumer television advertising, starting with the company's most frequently prescribed medicine Xarelto, an oral anti-coagulant.

The $70 million facility is projected to open in January 2020. 

The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute's Medicaid Policy Center will deliver independent research, analysis and policy solutions to improve health outcomes in partnership with other organizations and the state government agencies that operate the New Jersey Medicaid program, including the Department of Human Services - Office of Medicaid Innovation. 

The Lord Abbett Maternity Wing of Jersey City Medical Center will encompass a 17,500-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility with 20 private rooms designed to promote bonding and provide the best outcomes for newborns, mothers and families.

A U.S. jury has ordered Takeda Pharmaceutical’s Baxalta unit to pay Bayer AG $155.19 million for infringing a patent related to a Baxalta hemophilia treatment.

Annette Leo is the mother of two who have been diagnosed with Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T), a rare, progressive neurological disorder that affects about 600 people in the United States.

Salem County Hospital Corp. - Salem Medical Center, a nonprofit corporation affiliated with Bloomfield-based Community Healthcare Associates, has completed its purchase of The Memorial Hospital of Salem County from Tennessee-based Community Health Systems.

Gov. Phil Murphy joined Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco and New Bridge Medical Center CEO Deborah Visconi in Paramus on Tuesday to highlight the signing of the state’s new $15 minimum wage law.