To suffer and long for relief is a central experience of humanity. But the absence of pain or discomfort or what Pablo Neruda called "the infinite ache" is never enough.

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In the last year, GlaxoSmithKline has used packaging to strengthen new and established products, both over-the-counter (consumer) and prescription (trade).

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"Trying to force a financial camel through the eye of a scientific needle" was the metaphor used to describe the Herculean task of regulating pharmaceutical companies.

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IN AUGUST OF 2001, Rita Shreffler of Nixa, Missouri, sent her son's baby tooth to a lab. A year earlier, nine-year-old Andy had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism.

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New book

The U.S. spends more on health care than other countries. In 2003, it accounted for 15.3% of the gross domestic product, a greater percentage than Germany.

Fighting the battle

Health care fraud is a dangerous and expensive crime. The national cost tops $85 billion a year and is a burden borne by all of us--employers.

Battles over Generic

The convergence of such weighty issues as national health care costs, global health care access and obligations to a growing elderly population have placed the generic drug industry in the spotlight.

Trends in employer

Prescription drugs are an integral part of the high-quality health care those living in the United States have come to know. More than 60 percent of Americans fill at least one prescription annually.