(Reuters) – China will allow online sales of prescription drugs as early as this month, a policy that will open up an over 1 trillion yuan ($161 billion) market...
(Forbes) – Teixobactin is the first new class of antibiotic announced in decades. That news and even more importantly, the elegant way it was discovered,...
(Bloomberg) – Novartis AG applied for U.S. regulatory approval for two drugs to treat smoker’s cough that analysts estimate could generate an additional $1.4 billion in annual...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Taking a cholesterol-lowering drug for five years in middle age can lower heart and death risks for...
WASHINGTON – The number of senior citizens getting narcotic painkillers and anti-anxiety medications under Medicare’s prescription drug program is climbing sharply, and those older patients...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A proposed rule change for generic drug labels, crafted by the Food and Drug Administration, could...
