B. Braun Medical Inc.

Bloomberg News reports: Hospira has sued the U.S. unit of a German competitor or medical patents. In the suit, Hospira charges B. Braun Medical with making and selling drug-delivery systems without its permission. Get the full story: bloomberg.com

State police said someone stole two trailers from a parking lot in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, in late April. The person hitched the trailers, which belonged to B. Braun Medical Inc., onto a truck and drove them off a lot at 939 Marcon Blvd., either...

Teva Pharmaceuticals announced Thursday it plans to close its West Rockhill Township manufacturing plant in 2017, eliminating more than 450 jobs there and dealing a significant blow to northern Bucks County's employment base. CEO Jeremy Levin, who took...

For decades, the Lehigh Valley has been known to business leaders for three important qualities. Location, location and location. Nestled along Interstate 78 between Philadelphia and New York, the region has always been attractive to companies looking...

Local families can celebrate Three Kings Day, also known as El Dia de los Reyes, during a new Three Kings Celebration 3 to 7 p.m. Jan. 6, at SteelStacks in Bethlehem. During the free family event, the three kings - Gaspar, Melchior and Balthazar - will...

ArtsQuest will cut three of the six genre-specific music festivals it holds at its SteelStacks campus from its 2013 lineup, the festival just announced. But it also will add a new holiday celebration, as well. Magic Slim at this year's......

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and 16 other Senate Democrats want the medical device tax - included in the 2010 healthcare reform law that they supported - postponed. The 2.3 percent excise tax that devicemakers must pay on their gross sales goes into effect on...

As part of the Republicans' effort to handicap the Democrats' health care reform law, the House voted Thursday afternoon to repeal a new 2.3 percent tax on medical device sales intended to offset the law's cost. With Pennsylvania a hub for medical device...

The U.S. House recessed for the Jewish holidays last week after passing a bill to avoid a government shutdown that also provided $3.65 billion for federal emergency disaster assistance, but offset it with other spending cuts. The U.S. Senate voted......

Democrat U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, who has long warned of free trade’s adverse impact on manufacturing jobs, said Wednesday he'd vote against three free trade deals supported by the White House. The trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia....

DaVinci Science Center in Allentown will kick off a "Summer of Manufacturing" Saturday that will feature a blockbuster new exhibit of "How People Make Things,"inspired by the Mister Rogers Factory Tours through Oct. 16. The exhibit's opening clebration...

Individually Rep. Charlie Dent and Sen. Pat Toomey have decried the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device manufactuers that will go into effect in 2013 as part of the health care reform law. As the law turns one-year-old Wednesday,......