Medications

J&J seeks bioethics advice on compassionate use of drugs

Dying patients sometimes seek emergency access to experimental medicines, desperate for a last-chance treatment even if there's little proof it could help. Now drug giant Johnson & Johnson is taking an unusual step, turning ...

Medical research

Johnson & Johnson projects aim to spot who'll get a disease

Imagine being able to identify people likely to develop a particular disease—and then stop it before it starts. This isn't a science fiction tale. It's the ambitious goal of three research projects just launched by Johnson ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ebola drugs: A factfile

There is no licensed vaccine or treatment for Ebola, which has killed more than 8,600 people in West Africa out of more than 21,700 infected since the start of 2014.

Medications

Express Scripts turns to AbbVie in huge hepatitis C deal

The nation's largest pharmacy benefits manager is throwing its weight into the fight over high-cost hepatitis C drugs with a coverage restriction that might ultimately lower prices and improve patient access to groundbreaking ...

Oncology & Cancer

FDA strengthens warning on device linked to cancer (Update)

U.S. regulators on Monday strengthened their warning against use of a once-popular device for gynecologic surgery that can spread unsuspected cancer, saying its risk is only justified in a fraction of patients.

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