A top executive with New York-based Pfizer Inc. has left the pharmaceuticals giant to lead an online juggernaut.

The announcement that partnership talks had fallen apart between Barnabas Health and Atlantic Health System after two years of discussion is not a total loss, according to Atlantic Health President and CEO Joseph Trunfio.

Two of the largest health care providers in the state announced this afternoon they had ended the nearly two-year discussion to form a relationship.

Lourdes Health System announced this week that a high-profile former retail spot will become the newest addition to the system's facilities.

Speaking to a roomful of life sciences human resources executives, Peter K. Kim, senior counsel for Pfizer Inc., said his firm recently surveyed employees in an attempt to assess the pharmaceutical giant’s corporate culture. The results, he said, weren’t pleasing.

While many health insurance carriers are providing incentives for wellness and encouraging proactive care, a growing trend in health insurance is preparing for the worst.

After announcing plans to move to New Jersey in November, multispecialty health care company Allergan Inc. has signed a lease to open a 93,000-square-foot research and development facility in Bridgewater — creating several hundred jobs and injecting about $12 million in private investment into the state's economy...

The American Academy of Pediatricians has long held that physicians should screen every child for developmental delays, but researchers from Children's Specialized Hospital realized no one had studied if the people who see children in underserved communities every day — preschool teachers — were able to also effectively...

At a life sciences human resources conference this morning in East Brunswick, the speakers of one breakout session asked audience members to introduce themselves and explain their interest in the session.