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As someone who has high cholesterol — including high triglycerides — and who also takes a statin medication, a news…
64 out of 92 new drugs recently examined in a medical journal were no better — or worse! — than…
While many drugs are being approved more rapidly, are they much of an improvement over existing medications? What are the…
A stroll around the exhibit area of the American Psychiatric Association Conference demonstrates how pharma marketing can influence the prescribing…
Finding a drug that stops the progression of Alzheimer’s disease has remained elusive to drugmakers. Does new FDA guidance help…
Would allowing pharmaceutical companies to include fewer risks in television and print ads be good for consumers? Members of the…
Other methods to lower cholesterol may be just as effective as statins in also reducing cardiovascular events. Researchers recently analyzed…
Although the number of opioids prescribed per capita has been declining since 2012, the amount prescribed in 2015 was 3…
About half of US doctors have received payments of some type from pharmaceutical and/or medical device companies amounting to $2.4…
The pharma industry is pushing back on efforts by the FDA to restrain off-label promotion of drugs. Public health would…
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