On November 17, 2015, the American Medical Association voted to support a ban on drug and medical...
Drugs and technology
Side effects of drugs prescribed off-label often serious
The Supreme Court is about to consider whether drug companies should be allowed to promote their...
Federal policy promotes high drug prices
The guy who in the early 1980s helped design the current regulatory structure that governs the...
One way to bring down the cost of drugs: Reference pricing
Prescription drug prices remain a top policy issue for the majority of Americans. Many life-saving...
Majority of cancer drugs that FDA has recently approved...
According to a new study in JAMA, there is no evidence that the majority of the U.S. Food and Drug...
Top drugs in U.S. now three times more expensive than in U.K.
You’re not imagining it. Drug prices in the United States continue to escalate at lightning...
Three big problems with “21st Century Cures” bill
U.S. Representatives Fred Upton and Diana Degette have a plan for getting drugs to market more...
Smart pills win FDA approval to promote medication compliance
It is projected that only about half of people today take the medications that they are prescribed...
Don’t assume you can diagnose what’s wrong with you...
With all kinds of seemingly trustworthy web sites and apps easy to access, more than one third of...
Hi-tech goggles allow doctors to see cancer cells
In the what-will-they-come-up-with-next department, a new goggle technology allows doctors to see...