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The lineup of Allergan products reads like a Hollywood starlet's wish list: Botox, breast implants, Latisse. Last week, the company reported 14% higher quarterly sales, aided by a 16% surge in Botox sales. The company also boosted its full-year sales forecast despite the market's reacting violently to a possible recession and sovereign debt issues. Is Botox really recession-resistant? Can the company manage yet another possible recession?

Despite the recession, the cosmetic procedure industry has continued to grow across the board, with injectables creating a whole new business line in the industry of youthful appearance. But what do patients really get out of these procedures -- and are they worth the money?

More people are getting everything from facelifts to liposuction these days. And it's the so-called less vain sex who is helping to drive those plastic surgery numbers up. New statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons revealed that cosmetic plastic surgery procedures among men rose...

Despite high unemployment and a dismal economy, there is one splurge Americans can't seem to give up: plastic surgery. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), cosmetic procedures climbed 5% in 2010, totaling 13.1 million procedures. More than 5.3 million reconstructive...

A judge has finalized Allergan's $600 million settlement over the misleading marketing of its wrinkle-smoothing Botox medication. The pharmaceutical firm plead guilty to misbranding the product.

Pharmaceutical firm Allergan has settled criminal and civil charges that it promoted Botox for uses the FDA hadn't approved, agreeing to pay $600 million and enter into a "corporate integrity agreement." Allergan also dropped its related First Amendment lawsuit against the FDA.

Botox may ease wrinkles, but a $600 million government fine today of its manufacturer Allergan is making clear it's not a legal remedy for headaches, pains and juvenile cerebral palsy. The Justice Department today came down hard on Allergan for making such claims, announcing a settlement that has...

You've heard of dine and dash. But Botox and bail? That's what some people are doing in this tough economy -- going in for popular cosmetic procedures like Botox and then failing to pay the bill. Surgeons from California to Conneticut told WalletPop that they've noticed an uptick in these types of...

A North Texas woman who unlawfully sold Botox-like injections and other prescription drugs online has agreed to stop as part of a lawsuit settlement with the state. Last November, the Texas Attorney General sued Laurie D'Alleva and her Mansfield-based business, Discount Medspa and Ontario Medspa,...

The pharmaceutical company known for beauty products such as Botox and Natrelle breast implants now faces unwelcome attention prompted by the way its new drug created for people who want longer, lusher eyelashes is being sold, and the side effects it causes. A number of consumers say they weren't...