Patients who frequently fail to take prescribed blood pressure-lowering medications may be more likely to wind up hospitalized for heart…
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Medications from plant with Legionnaires’ bacteria are safe, manufacturer says
The medications produced at a GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical plant are safe despite the decision to close the factory after the discovery…
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Report finds US prescription drug spending jumped to $374B in 2014
TRENTON, N.J. – U.S. spending on prescription drugs soared last year, driven up primarily by costly breakthrough medicines, manufacturer price…
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FDA schedules meetings on twice-rejected female libido drug
The Food and Drug Administration will ask a group of outside medical experts next month to evaluate a much-debated experimental…
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FDA approves Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo for lung cancer
U.S. regulators approved Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. ’s advanced lung cancer drug Opdivo, the latest of a string of events that…
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The top-selling class of blood-pressure drugs is under attack from an unusual source: a senior regulator at the Food and…
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Cats may be the key to developing a successful HIV vaccine for humans
Cats have long been kept as loving companions, but these furry felines may do more than just serve as good…
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CVS cuts access to opioid painkillers for suspect doctors
CVS Caremark Corp said on Wednesday that it has taken the unusual step of cutting off access to powerful painkillers…
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Diabetes drugs tied to pancreatitis, study finds
People who take a certain type of diabetes drug to lower blood sugar levels may be at an increased risk…
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Big drugmakers think small with nanomedicine deals
Is nanomedicine the next big thing? A growing number of top drug companies seem to think so. The ability to…
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