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Young Woman Files Against Zofran For Her Own Birth Defects
A Texas woman in her twenties sued Zofran for her cardiac and facial birth defects, including ventricular septal heart defect and cleft/lip palate.
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...
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'...
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 ...
CEO Raises Price Of Antiparasitic Drug To $750 Per Pill
The high cost of pharmaceuticals is a widespread issue in the United States. Pharmaceutical price-gouging is something that presidential candidates are trying to combat, but the seriousness of the problem wasn't as clear until the cost of a life-saving dru...