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If patients taking a drug during a clinical trial experienced serious adverse events – including deaths – at twice the…

Saying youth smoking of e-cigarettes is reaching “epidemic proportions,” the FDA has ordered the manufacturers of the 5 top e-cigarettes…

64 out of 92 new drugs recently examined in a medical journal were no better — or worse! — than…

In order for a drug to be approved by the FDA, a pharmaceutical company must demonstrate that the drug is…

Many drugs approved through the FDA’s Breakthrough Therapy designation had clinical trials that enrolled fewer patients and lacked randomization, compared…

The FDA has outlined 3 new actions it is taking as part of efforts to encourage sun safety awareness and…

Kratom, a plant-based herbal supplement that is being used as a pain reliever, has opioid-like qualities and can potentially be…

The FDA often approves new drugs with the caveat that the manufacturer complete postmarketing studies to confirm the safety and…

Concern expressed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians about the use of cough…

The late 1990s and early 2000s saw a number of prescription drugs come to market that ended up causing grave…