Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

This could be huge. Seriously.

It's bad enough having surgery, especially these days since there's a decent chance that you won't get enough pain meds afterward, as we continue to attribute the root of today's opioid problem to

In researching the current status of pull incentives for antibiotic research and development in Europe I came across an ongoing tension.

I have written two blogs relevant to today’s discussion.  In one, I decry the absence of guidelines from professional soc

Thanks in part to the efforts of ACSH and other evidence-minded health policy advocates, the CDC has admitted to a huge mistake.

Heroin, not oxycodone or hydrocodone, is by far the most dangerous opiate on the street. But technically, it isn't dangerous at all. And it's not necessarily a "street" drug because It can be legal. Confused?

In December, BARDA (the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, which is part of HHS)

In 2019, I wrote an article called "4 Prescription Drugs People Hate." It was rather popular.

The FDA just approved a new sleeping pill – the second in a class that works by a novel mechanism – a dual orexin receptor antagonist.

OK, I may have taken some license with the title but not with the science.