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Will Federal Regulators Take Action Against Pharmaceutical Price-Gouging?
Pharmaceutical companies have been notoriously price-gouging. The recent scandal centered around the ridiculously inflated cost of Daraprim showed how carelessly pricing is regulated.Many have been left wondering if federal lawmakers will take action a...
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 ...
Evaluating Homeopathic Cures
Homeopathic remedies are becoming increasingly popular in both conventional pharmacies and specialty drugstores.While some praise natural medicines as the purest kind of cure, others claim that science-based treatments are the only proven form of medic...
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 ...
Takeda’s Actos Settlement Falls Short
A $2.37 billion dollar deal to settle thousands of lawsuits related to Takeda's cancer-causing diabetes drug Actos is in the works. But the settlement may not make it to the final stages if claimants continue to hold out for higher payouts.Takeda Pharm...