Pharmaceuticals
Obama Funds Overdose Antidote To Combat Rising Number Of Heroin Deaths
Heroin-related deaths in the U.S. have nearly doubled between 2011 and 2013. In 2013, the number of people who died from overdose rose to 8,200.The Obama Administration is taking action to combat the issue by expanding access to a drug that can stop a ...
Specialty Manufacturer Offers $1 Alternative To Turing’s High-Priced Antiparasitic
Turing Pharmaceuticals purchased the rights to the parasite-fighting drug Daraprim in August and raised the price to $750 per pill. Both media and medicine were outraged, sparking a full-on protest that condemned the company's CEO Martin Shkreli.Shkrel...
New Approach To Treating Schizophrenia Suggests Fewer Prescriptions
Schizophrenia is a mental health disease that affects more than two million people in the United States alone. The condition is often treated with heavy, dazing antipsychotic drugs.The medication stops the symptoms of schizophrenia but leaves patients ...
Big Pharma Angered Over The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, which deals with intellectual protection for certain drugs, is extremely controversial.
The agreement between the U.S. and 11 other countries will soon be up for debate in Congress. However, the current plan doesn't ...
Danish Pharmaceutical Company Brings Cheaper Insulin To America
Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has been working unceasingly to get its insulin product Tresiba approved for sale in the American diabetes drug market.The FDA rejected the company's first attempt but allowed a major competitor'...
A New Possibility For Male Birth Control
After the gender equality-fueled debate over the controversial women's libido pill, a new way to medically break traditional gender roles has followed suit. But this time, it's for men.An experiment that measured the fertility of mice found a proten in...
Cancer Medication Is Grossly Overpriced In The U.S.
Consumer surveys illustrate a serious and widespread concern, presidential candidates push health care reform in their political platforms and the media continues to publicize drug makers putting profits over people.The unreasonably high cost of pharma...
First Women’s Libido Pill Available Soon
Sexual dysfunction isn't just a man's problem. Lots of ladies deal with a low libido.Medical professionals and gender equality advocates are making sure the female sex life is finally being addressed. Addyi, a pink pill created by Sprout Pharmaceutical...
Why Are U.S. Patients Paying More For Pharmaceuticals?
The unreasonably high price of pharmaceuticals in the United States has shined a bright light on the drug industry, exemplifying the fact that Americans are paying much more for medication than patients in other countries.The government healthcare budg...
Study Reanalysis Shows Antidepressant Is Harmful For Teens
The reanalysis of the 2001 study that led regulators to believe Paxil should be approved for youth has proven the antidepressant is not actually safe and effective for teenagers.Critics of the original study are using the error to promote a widespread ...