The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it approved Allergan's botulinum-based drug Botox to treat spasms of the elbow, wrist and fingers. Botox is most famous for it's ability to smooth frown lines on aging foreheads, but the drug has long been used ...

The CEO of Botox maker Allergan Inc. received compensation valued at $11.1 million in 2009, according to an Associated Press calculation of figures filed with regulators. That was a drop of 18 percent from 2008. Chairman and CEO David Pyott's salary dipped ...

Bristol-Myers Squibb and Allergan will jointly attempt to develop a drug to treat chronic pain from tissue damage, the drugmakers said Wednesday. The agreement could eventually be worth $413 million, plus royalty payments. Bristol-Myers will pay Allergan $40 million up front for the rights to the drug ...

A jury determined Tuesday that Botox-maker Allergan was not responsible for the death of a 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who died after receiving Botox injections. Kristen Spears of Amarillo, Texas, died of respiratory failure and pneumonia in November 2007. Her mother, Dee, sued Irvine-based Allergan ...