Pharmaceuticals
How Cutting-Edge Medicine Might Have Spared Us the Ebola Epidemic
The promise of technical end-runs around government ineptitude
Former FDA Head Says Agency Holds Medicine Back
We're squandering "unbelievable" scientific possibilities.
Feds Want to Conscript FedEx to Block Your Cheap Medicine
Modern, efficient government: Arm-twisting private enterprise into engaging in intrusions that nobody should be committing, presumably at a cost-savings to the taxpayers being intruded upon.
3 Ridiculous Ways the FDA Is Policing Social Media
In the FDA's world, Facebook likes are advertising and honey is a "new drug" that must be regulated.
FDA Warns Against High-Dosage Acetaminophen
Concerns about potential liver damage
Obama Administration Proposes Removing 'Protected' Status for Some Medicare Drugs
Antidepressants, antipsychotics and drugs used to help with organ transplants
New Hampshire To Get $3.8 Million in Johnson & Johnson Drug Settlement
Pharmaceutical company accused of promoting unapproved drugs for use on children, the disabled, and the elderly
ACLU: DEA Say There's No "Constitutionally Protected Privacy Interest" to Prescription Records
In response to an ACLU lawsuit
Drug Companies Fight Maine's Efforts to Let Residents Buy from Canada
Lawsuit to protect business interests
Turn Your Desk Into a Pharmaceuticals Factory
Get ready for a Breaking Bad future in which we all 3D-print our own drugs.
Texas Pharmacy Recalls Drugs over Infections
Fifteen people have allegedly gotten sick
FDA Grants Exclusivity to Plan B
Only company will be allowed to sell drug over-the-counter without prescription
American Detained in China Amid Pharmaceutical Corruption Probe
Accusations of hundreds of millions in bribes
US Government Targets Online Pharmacies
Doesn't want consumers to be able to choose
Study Suggests Pharmaceuticals in Freshwater Altering Genes of Fish, Inducing Aggressive Behavior
Prozac causes anxiety and antisocial behavior in fish
Pfizer Sells Viagra Online To Counter Black Market
Erecting their defenses to counterfeiters
Feds Squeeze $40M From UPS Over Online Pharmacy Deliveries
How dare you ship packages without screening out stuff we don't like
Supreme Court Mulls Generic Drug Company Product Liability
Who is held responsible for injuries?
Two Pharmacies Recall Drugs Due to Fears of Contamination
Want to avoid repeat of deadly fungal meningitis outbreak
Family Awarded $63 Million in Motrin Lawsuit
Girl lost most of her skin in reaction to children's pain medicine
FDA Panel Calls for More Restrictions on Painkillers
Better for thousands to suffer than for one addict to overdose
Drug Overdoses Overtake AIDS as Top Killer of Homeless
Findings from five-year study
Merck, GE to Collaborate on Alzheimer's Drug
Will work together to identify patients who might benefit from experimental treatment
EU High Court Upholds $63 Million Fine Against AstraZeneca
Fine levied for lying on patent applications to member states in an effort to keep the generic version of an ulcer med off the market
Who Decides What a Drug Is For -- The Manufacturer or the Government?
Court rules you can't convict a salesman for recommending a medicine to doctors for purposes the FDA hadn't approved
US Firm Won't Enforce AIDS Drug Patent in Poor Countries
Will allow for manufacture and sale of cheaper generic versions without fear
SAC Capital Manager Arrested for Insider Trading
Founder of company also linked to scheme to profit off secret info about drug testing
Maryland Pharmaceutical Regulator Rejects Calls for Federal Involvement
A meningitis scare has the usual suspects calling for more federal involvement
US Attempting to Shut Down Canada Drug Sites
Internet pharmacy distributed counterfeit cancer drug
FDA Starts Campaign Warning About Online Pharmacies
Thinks Americans are too dumb to realize the risks