"The $7.3 billion is the difference between what they are reimbursing themselves and what it is estimated to cost them to acquire the drug," an FTC spokesperson told reporters in a press briefing ...

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Drugmakers raised the list prices on 575 name-brand drugs in just the first two days of the new year, according to drug price research firm 46brooklyn. Drugs for diabetes, HIV, cancer saw price ...

Nearly 400,000 private prescriptions for ADHD medication were issued last year as patients sought to bypass lengthy NHS waiting lists, with people spending millions of pounds on treatment.

Harry Sumnall receives funding from public grant awarding bodies for alcohol and other drugs research, and fees from (international) not-for-profit organisations and government departments for ...

It’s important to take the clonidine dosage your doctor prescribes. Clonidine comes as an IR oral tablet. With IR medications, the active drug is released into your bloodstream right away after ...

Albuterol is a generic drug prescribed to treat and help prevent certain breathing problems in adults and some children. Albuterol comes as an aerosol that you inhale. The dosage can vary ...

Paralytic drugs, or neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), are powerful muscle relaxants used to prevent muscle movement during surgical procedures. They're also used during critical care, such as ...

Surely, one of these worthy but relatively unsung AI applications is drug development. Its lifesaving potential would be hard to exaggerate. To explore the status of AI-driven drug development ...

Mounjaro (tirzepatide) is a prescription drug that’s used to treat type 2 diabetes. The drug comes as a liquid solution that you inject under your skin, typically once per week. Mounjaro ...

Sulfa drugs are synthetic (man-made) medications made from sulfanilamide that contain antibacterial properties. Sulfa drugs were the first class of antibiotics ever discovered. However, many other ...