Most people understand that our country is facing a crisis of opioid addiction and deaths. To combat this, you need…
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Novel plan to curb drug costs seeks candidates’ attention
Consumer-friendly ratings of the benefits of new drugs. Limits on what patients pay. Requiring drug companies to disclose how much…
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The rise of superbugs: How antibiotic resistance develops and how you can help stop it
Even the man who discovered penicillin in the 1940s knew that one day antibiotics could become useless if used improperly.…
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Female libido pill took long, winding route to market
Federal health officials on Tuesday approved the first prescription drug intended to treat women suffering from a lack of sexual…
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FDA approves Pfizer drug to treat very rare lung disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first drug to treat a rare, progressive lung disease that…
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Some of the top researchers on aging in the country are trying to get an unusual clinical trial up and…
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Opiate overdoses fall after debut of abuse-resistant OxyContin
Opiate prescriptions and overdoses in the U.S. have declined since the debut of an abuse-resistant version of the painkiller OxyContin…
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Amsterdam warns tourists white heroin being sold as cocaine
Authorities in Amsterdam warned Friday that potentially lethal white heroin is being sold as cocaine in the city after three…
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Global cancer drug spending hits $100 billion in 2014, report says
Worldwide spending on cancer medicines reached $100 billion in 2014, an increase of 10.3 percent from 2013 and up from…
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Most countries woefully unprepared to fight resistant superbugs, says WHO
Only 34 countries have national plans to fight the global threat of antibiotic resistance, meaning few are prepared to tackle…
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