With more than one in five Americans today not filling their prescriptions because of the...
Drugs and technology
“Right to try” experimental drugs is bad deal for...
It sounds like a good idea. Patients who are terminally ill would be allowed to ask pharmaceutical...
U.S. army poised to give Sanofi exclusive license to vaccine...
The U.S. Army has developed two patents for a Zika vaccine. Now, the Army is poised to give Sanofi...
One in three FDA-approved drugs have safety risks
A new JAMA study finds that one in three novel therapeutics approved by the FDA between 2001 and...
New FDA chief has ties to the pharmaceutical industry
The nation’s new head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Scott Gottlieb, is a...
Why doesn’t the federal government ensure reasonable...
The U.S. invests more than $32 billion each year in drug and biomedical research. This major public...
With drug prices soaring, millions buy drugs abroad
Brand-name drug companies continue to price their drugs sky high, and generic drug companies are...
Senate bill would deliver lower drug prices
It is unacceptable that people in the U.S. are going without needed medicines because they...
Pharma pays academics to justify high drug prices
A new report from Pro Publica and Consumer Reports reveals how, behind the scenes, pharmaceutical...
Orphan drug act delivers big profits to drug companies
More than 30 years ago, to foster drug innovation for rare diseases, Congress passed the Orphan...