When Neal Shapiro graduated from Tufts University in 1980, in search of his first professional job, "I wrote to all three networks. I figured the presidents were too busy, so I wrote to the vice presidents."

New Jersey hospitals provided $2.7 billion in benefits to their communities last year, in addition to the health care services provided to patients, according to a new report from the New Jersey Hospital Association.

A state Health Department staff report is recommending approval of the transfer of city-owned Hoboken University Medical Center to HUMC Holdco, the group that owns Bayonne Medical Center.

PDI signs marketing agreement; new headquarters for insurer; utility seeks rate increase.

The $41 billion merge between Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Inc. has inspired another round of job cuts, as executives work to streamline operations following the 2009 deal that put the New Jersey companies under the same roof.

Standard & Poor’s this week reaffirmed its A-minus rating on Horizon Healthcare Services Inc. — which does business as Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — and said the rating reflects Horizon’s "strong core market presence, very good and improving operating earnings and very...

The pace of containerized import activity at the Port of New York and New Jersey outperformed the national average in June, according to the Newark-based Journal of Commerce.

Atlantic Health System, which operates the Morristown, Overlook and Newton Medical Centers, said its contract with health insurer AmeriHealth expired July 1 "due to an inability to come to a mutual agreement regarding rates. At this time, there are no ongoing negotiations between Atlantic Health...

Biotech raises $20 million; East Brunswick hotel acquired; Soligenix expands licensing.

Johnson & Johnson increased its purchases of goods and services from businesses owned by women or minorities by 24 percent between 2009 and 2010 — making it the first health care company to reach the $1 billion in diverse procurement and earning an induction into the Billion Dollar Roundtable. Read More »

U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-Cliffside Park) and Robert Menendez (D-Hoboken) are co-sponsoring a bill that would put roughly 650 New Jersey-based Federal Aviation Administration officials back to work.