In January 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new antianginal agent for the treatment of chronic stable angina, ranolazine (Ranexa™; CV Therapeutics, Inc.). The drug ...

Drug-resistant infections occur when pathogens change in ways that render antimicrobial drugs ineffective. As a result, the pathogens survive and continue to spread. When infections are treatable with ...

The average drug now costs more than US$1 billion to develop and takes more than a decade to reach the market 1. And for every success, there are nine drug candidates that fail clinical trials 2.

NSAIDs-- or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- are among the most common pain relief medicines in the world. Every day more than 30 million Americans use them to soothe headaches, sprains ...

Anti angiogenic drugs are treatments that stop tumours from growing their own blood vessels. This might slow the growth of the cancer or sometimes shrink it. There are different types of anti ...

Wall Street analysts can barely keep up with the pace of the diabetes and weight loss drug markets – and for good reason. Thanks to ample customer demand, production increases and an improving ...

A BBC investigation found 20 online pharmacies selling restricted drugs without checks - such as GP approval. In total, we bought over 1,600 various prescription-only pills by entering false ...

Drug-induced lupus is more common in men because they are given these drugs more often; however, not everyone who takes these drugs will develop the disease. Specific criteria for diagnosing ...

Since taking office on June 30, 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has carried out a “war on drugs” that has led to the deaths of over 12,000 Filipinos to date, mostly urban poor.

An international team of researchers have made a promising breakthrough in the development of drugs to treat Alzheimer's Disease. For the first time, scientists have developed a drug that works on ...

It's an age-old worry among many parents: Is my kid using drugs? Data shows why such concerns these days go beyond fretting over a teen potentially puffing on pot, with the rise of fentanyl ...

MANILA, Philippines—The killings in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s war on drugs may not be as massive as Rodrigo Duterte’s, but like in the first few years of the previous administration ...