Medications

More than 2 dozen drugmakers to make Merck's COVID-19 pill

A U.N.-backed organization announced Thursday that it has signed agreements with more than two dozen generic drug makers to produce versions of Merck's COVID-19 pill to supply 105 developing countries.

Medications

US targets Chinese firms in painkiller crackdown

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Chinese painkiller makers as it vowed to step up action to curb the addiction epidemic that killed a record 100,000 Americans last year.

Medications

Call for a central portal for clinical study reports

Clinical study reports (CSRs) are comprehensive, standardized reports on clinical trials that pharmaceutical companies submit to authorities such as the European Medicines Agency (EMA) during drug approval procedures. In ...

Medications

Two COVID-19 pills could change the course of the pandemic

Imagine being able to go to your local pharmacy and pick up a bottle of pills to treat COVID-19 that would have you feeling better in days. Soon, that could be the reality because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is ...

Vaccination

Reasons to be thankful for COVID-19 booster shots

Just in the nick of time for the holidays, as families prepare to gather again in record numbers, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) panel today unanimously endorsed Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 booster shots ...

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