Medications

Biden pushing lower prescription drug costs in midterm press

President Joe Biden is highlighting his administration's efforts to lower prescription drug costs on Friday as part of his three-state Western tour this week, as he confronts a sobering inflation report in the waning weeks ...

Medications

High R&D isn't necessarily why drugs are so expensive

In the first known study of its type, an international team of researchers evaluated whether high research and development (R&D) costs explain high drug prices in the United States.

Medications

FDA still skeptical of ALS drug ahead of high-stakes meeting

Federal health regulators remain unconvinced about the benefits of a closely watched experimental drug for the debilitating illness known as Lou Gehrig's disease, even as they prepare to give its drugmaker a rare second opportunity ...

Medications

Psychiatrists disagree with US policy on psychoactive drugs

A new national survey reveals considerable differences between psychiatrists' perceptions about the safety and therapeutic value of certain psychoactive drugs and how those same drugs are categorized under U.S. policy.

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