The United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, otherwise known as SMAHSA, has made some significant policy changes for patients who are currently in...
Bristol Myers Squibb received approval from the FDA for its immunotherapy medications, Yervoy and Opdivo. These drugs together were approved to treat a specific type of...
The medication for asthma and allergies, montelukast, will now require a boxed warning, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. This medication is better known...
The results of a new study indicate that some heartburn medications may cause the growth of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. The information comes from...
A study from Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research showed that two drugs normally used to treat leukemia may be helpful against lung cancer. The...
A trial of over 5000 people located in South Africa has ended because the vaccine failed to show indications that it could prevent HIV, the disease...
The FDA doesn’t have any recommendations to recall the drug metformin, which is used to treat type 2 diabetes. The government agency had conducted testing on...
Research indicates that by lowering the number of pills given in an opioid prescription could reduce use of opioid painkillers. Prescription medications are a major part...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested that drug manufacturers of long-acting opioid prescriptions pay for safety training in 2011. However, records show that the...
The House recently approved a bill that is aimed at lowering the cost of prescription medications by allowing the government to negotiate with manufacturers of the...
