Browsing: Drug Industry

Modern medicines can be miracles that save us or our loved ones.  But they come with complexities.  No medicine goes…

In 2013, Tonya Taylor was suicidal because her epileptic seizures persisted despite taking a long list of medications. Then a…

There’s a shortage of the weight-loss drug Wegovy (semaglutide) and compounding pharmacies have been stepping in to manufacture their own…

The Trump administration has named Ned Sharpless, MD, currently director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), to become the interim…

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

Over half of Americans are misusing their prescription drugs — such as taking too much of a drug they are…

Do you take 4 pills a day? If so, you’re like most Americans. Yet what are we taking all these…

With the FDA receiving the vast majority of its funding to regulate drugs from that very industry, that’s a conflict…

Taking certain medications may prevent the emergency contraceptive pill — better known as the “morning after pill” — from working…

Last year, almost 45% of Americans aged 12 and older took prescription pain relievers, sedatives, stimulants or tranquilizers, accounting for…