October 24, 2015 Side effects may lead breast cancer patients to skip drugs Breast cancer patients who report more side effects of their hormone therapy drugs and less confidence communicating with their doctors are more likely to intentionally or unintentionally miss a dose, according to a new study.
October 24, 2015 FDA weighs lifting safety restrictions on diabetes drug Avandia A former blockbuster diabetes pill that was subjected to major safety restrictions in 2010 may be less risky than once thought, according to the latest analysis of the much-debated GlaxoSmithKline drug Avandia.
October 24, 2015 Bayer to bring 5 mid-stage drugs into Phase III by 2015 German drugmaker Bayer said it aims to bring its five most advanced mid-stage drug development projects into the third and last phase of testing on humans by 2015.
October 24, 2015 More of us spending $100G a year on prescription drugs, report finds Prescription drugs are pricey: According to a report released Wednesday by benefits manager Express Scripts, more than 500,000 people in 2014 took home meds costing a total of $50,000 or more per year, while the number of big spenders who took home at least $100,000 worth of drugs annually jumped from 47,000 to 139,000 between 2013 and last year, NBC News reports.
October 24, 2015 Company denies rat poison in pills linked to India sterilization deaths The company at the center of a probe into why more than a dozen women died after being sterilized in India has denied that the antibiotic tablets it manufactured were contaminated with a chemical compound commonly found in rat poison.
October 24, 2015 Study enlists kids to combat antibiotics overuse European public health campaigns have long fought the myth that antibiotics can shorten a bout of the common cold or flu with messages targeted to adults, and with mixed results. Now, British researchers are bringing the "Take care, not antibiotics" message straight to kids.
October 24, 2015 California college to offer non-approved meningitis vaccine Students at a California public university where meningococcal disease broke out in the fall will be offered a vaccine not approved for use in the United States, public health officials said on Friday.
October 24, 2015 FDA approves Novartis's drug for painful skin disease The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novartis AG's injectable drug, Cosentyx, to treat adults with a moderate to severe skin disease called plaque psoriasis.
October 24, 2015 Drug companies pledge hemophilia drug donation in developing world Biogen Idec Inc and partner Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB on Monday said they will donate hemophilia drugs for use in developing nations in quantities large enough to treat tens of thousands of patients over the next decade.
October 24, 2015 Drug industry must address image problem over prices, Teva executive says Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's (TEVA.TA) research chief said on Tuesday the drug industry must act responsibly when it comes to pricing medications, given the mounting anger over the high cost of therapies in the United States.
