Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

Many of our readers have been curious about the status of Dr.

What were the top selling prescription drugs last year? What segment of the population is most increasing its drug intake? What are the projections of medication spending in the next five years?

Have you ever been prescribed a drug by your doctor only to find that your insurance company won't pay for it until you try (and fail) an older, cheaper alternative first?

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal, regarding approved cancer drugs in the European Medicines Agency from 2009-2013 has found that most of them did not signi

I have written frequently about hepatitis C. First, during my former career in drug discovery research, I spent 10 futile, frustrating years working in this area.

The major problem with chronic disease is that by nature of its indolence, it can become exceedingly easy to ignore – none more so than diabetes.

For those of you who may have been counting on Genocea's GEN-003 to treat or even cure your genital herpes, this is a very bad day.

Bacteria that are resistant to one, multiple or even all known antibiotics, commonly known as superbugs, are one of the leading concerns in the medical and scientific communities. 

(Part 2/2) See: Is Tylenol 'By Far the Most Dangerous Drug Ever Made?'

There is only one shingles prevention vaccine currently on the market.