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Generic drugs save 43 million Medicare beneficiaries billions of dollars annually compared to the cost of their brand-name counterparts and…
Most pharmacy teams in England are battling medicine shortages on a daily basis, a survey of thousands of staff suggests.…
Frustrated by high drug prices, California will offer its own version of heavily discounted Narcan to stop fentanyl overdoses
California will soon begin selling its own generic version of Narcan — the drug that can save someone’s life during…
The World Health Organization estimates that at least one-third of the world’s population does not have access to essential medicines,…
AstraZeneca encounters a surge in shares as profits exceed expectations, buoyed by demand for cancer drugs
AstraZeneca Plc shares surged after the UK drugmaker reported profit that outpaced expectations, buoyed by demand for its cancer blockbusters…
Mexico’s meth trade has become so lucrative it is exporting the drugs as far away as Hong Kong and Australia
The head of Mexico’s detective service acknowledged Tuesday that the country is “the champion” of fentanyl production, something that appears…
Subjective cognitive decline: Recreational cannabis use may lower risk, SUNY Upstate study says
When you light up or down an edible, you may be lowering your risk of cognitive decline, according to a…
‘It’s a phenomenon’: How 4/20 grew organically from a group of Northern California high schoolers into marijuana’s holiday
Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke…
Why so many Medicare beneficiaries have trouble getting their Part D plan to cover their medications—and how to prevent it from happening to you
If you have a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan and take one or more brand-name medications—especially, expensive ones—there’s a…
The maker of a drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease that recently failed in a large study said Thursday it will pull the…