Pharmaceutical companies' payments to doctors may be influencing them to prescribe more expensive, brand-name versions of the pain drug gabapentin, a team of researchers report in the July 8 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, ...
Jul 8, 2019
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A study by a team of Victoria University of Wellington scientists spotlights the role of gene networks in how people respond to one of the world's most prescribed medications.
Oct 4, 2019
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A University of California, Riverside, research team has come up with a new approach to targeting cancer cells that circumvents a challenge faced by currently available cancer drugs.
May 17, 2019
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Anti-vaccine activists have been having a field day with the myth that COVID-19 immunizations cause infertility.
Feb 3, 2021
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Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation's second most-abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of abuse.
Dec 26, 2011
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Incentives intended to stimulate the development of more treatments for rare diseases are being exploited to boost the profits of pharmaceutical companies, new research led by Bangor University shows.
Oct 21, 2016
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The antiviral therapies remdesivir, molnupiravir, and the active ingredient in Pfizer's Paxlovid pill (nirmatrelvir), remain effective in laboratory tests against the BA.2 variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Mar 10, 2022
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It's known by many names: semaglutide, the skinny pen, Hollywood's worst-kept secret. The injectable drug Ozempic has exploded in popularity in the 12 months, appearing frequently in news headlines and the TikTok feed.
Feb 13, 2023
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Less than half of Americans who received treatment for opioid use disorder over a five-year period were offered a potentially lifesaving medication, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and ...
May 10, 2022
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Researchers at pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly have developed a continuous manufacturing process for a chemotherapy drug, officials with the company recently announced. In their paper published in the journal Science, the ...
