Is AstraZeneca being treated fairly as a non-profit vaccine producer? ~health Article 1379 words 14 votes
Breakthrough male contraceptive pill derived from Chinese medicine ~science medicine.chinese Article 444 words 17 votes
Pfizer will ship fewer vaccine vials to account for ‘extra’ doses ~health Article 1707 words 11 votes
Covid-19 vaccine candidate is 90% effective, says manufacturer ~health medicine Article 285 words 30 votes
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine goes to US Food and Drug Administration today for emergency authorization ~health medicine Article 553 words 12 votes
Eli Lilly says its monoclonal antibody cocktail is effective in treating Covid-19 ~health medicine Article 484 words 7 votes
Euronews travelled to Iceland to see how researchers are hunting down viruses – and exploring their potential uses as part of a project called Virus-X ~science biology.molecular Video 4:00 4 votes
With Canada and Mexico borders closed, Americans are trapped in their own health care system ~health healthcare Article 18 votes
Low doses of LSD have been found to increase pain tolerance comparable to oxycodone or morphine ~science chemistry medicine Article 1146 words 4 votes
US states seek $2.2 trillion from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma: filings ~health medicine Article 649 words 15 votes
Everything, um, unusual about Kodak’s Trump-assisted pivot to pharmaceuticals ~health Article 730 words, published Jul 30 2020 11 votes
New techniques are helping medical researchers develop new anti-cancer drugs and gain a better understanding of how existing ones work ~science medicine Article 1311 words, published Jul 27 2020 5 votes
HIV drugs have transformed the lives of people in rich nations. In Papua New Guinea, the virus is mutating ~health medicine Article 1643 words 8 votes
Hypertension affects one in four adults and is usually treated with medication, even though lifestyle changes can reduce blood pressure ~health healthcare medicine Article 298 words 6 votes
Fujifilm will spend $928 million to double capacity at a drug manufacturing facility in Denmark, which it has pledged to use in producing COVID-19 treatments ~health Article 244 words 6 votes
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine shows encouraging early results ~health medicine Article 1205 words 5 votes
Explosive whistleblower complaint by ousted US Health and Human Services official says he was pressured to give contract to Donald Trump-friendly pharma firm ~health Article 615 words, published May 5 2020 11 votes
Remdesivir distribution causes confusion, leaves some US hospitals empty-handed ~health healthcare medicine Article 1052 words, published May 14 2020 4 votes
World Health Organization launches global megatrial of the four most promising coronavirus treatments ~health medicine Article 2420 words, published Mar 22 2020 5 votes
Japanese flu drug 'clearly effective' in treating coronavirus, says China ~health Article 370 words 8 votes
America’s first opioid epidemic: As the country struggles with a terrible opioid crisis, we remember a similar epidemic that raged through the US in the 1800s ~health healthcare medicine Article 960 words, published Aug 29 2019 6 votes
The debate over America’s drug-pricing system is built on myths ~health healthcare Article 1855 words 7 votes
Biopharma has abandoned antibiotic development. Here’s why we did, too. ~health medicine Article 1476 words 9 votes
Venturing a perspective on the drug pricing debate ~health healthcare medicine Article 4263 words 3 votes
I was a drug rep. I know how pharma companies pushed opioids. ~health medicine Article 1671 words 12 votes
The Friday effect: Firm lobbying, the timing of drug safety alerts, and drug side effects ~health medicine Article 272 words 4 votes
Long-awaited cystic fibrosis drug could turn deadly disease into a manageable condition ~health medicine Article 1667 words 9 votes
Sacklers would give up ownership of Purdue Pharma under US settlement proposal ~health medicine Article 1022 words 11 votes
Biohackers are pirating a cheap version of a million-dollar gene therapy ~health Article 1475 words, published Aug 30 2019 7 votes
It’s not just for first responders anymore. Health experts want regular Coloradans to have Naloxone on hand. ~health medicine Article 572 words 7 votes
Overdosing in Appalachia: Harm reduction strategies have their roots in 1980s HIV activism, but they are starting to spread in rural America in response to the opioid crisis ~health medicine Link 3 votes
Largest US drug companies flooded the country with seventy-six billion opioid pills, DEA data shows ~health medicine Article 3119 words 13 votes
Prescribing Opioids for a Sprained Ankle? - New research report shows an increase in patients being prescribed opioids after experiencing an ankle sprain ~health healthcare medicine Link 9 votes
Media frame: Fentanyl panic is worsening the overdose crisis ~health medicine Article 1319 words 5 votes
Shortages of medicines in Sweden are an increasing problem – other countries in Europe are also being affected ~health healthcare Link 4 votes
Shops full of vitamins, miracle pills 'trashing pharmacists' reputation' ~health medicine Article 557 words 5 votes
German patients get the latest drugs for just $11. Can such a model work in the US? ~health healthcare Article 1690 words, published Jun 19 2019 8 votes
Pfizer had clues its blockbuster drug could prevent Alzheimer’s. Why didn’t it tell the world? ~science medicine Article 2071 words 8 votes