Pharmaceuticals

Opioid settlement Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania gets $28 million in settlement with 8 opioid manufacturers

Purdue Pharma's $7.4 billion opioid settlement will pay $200 million to Pa. and $125 million to N.J.

Purdue Pharma settlement

With TV drug ads, what you see is not necessarily what you get

TV Drug Ads

A Bucks County pharma CEO who falsely accused 5 scientists of stealing trade secrets has to pay them $26.6 million

Bucks County SigmaPharm

CRISPR and other new technologies open doors for drug development, but which diseases get prioritized?

Drug Development

Weight-loss drug Wegovy could help treat alcohol addiction, researchers say

Drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen to change name amid expansion plans

AmerisourceBergen Cencora

Johnson & Johnson will separate consumer products business into new company

Johnson & Johnson company spinoff

New lupus drug with fewer side effects approved by FDA

New Lupus drug FDA

Bucks County drug manufacturer, execs charged with conspiracy to defraud FDA

KVK-TECH FDA

Regeneron seeks expanded use of its COVID-19 antibody cocktail for prevention of COVID-19

New drug stops COVID-19 from spreading in nursing homes, drug maker says

Eli Lily Nursing Home Treatment

Penn research signals progress toward future anti-obesity drugs

Obesity Penn Research

Doctors in Thailand treat coronavirus with anti-viral cocktail of HIV drugs and Tamiflu

HIV Flu drugs treat Coronavirus

Temple researchers make progress on alternative to opioids for chronic pain treatment

Temple TRPA1

Philly-based Spark Therapeutics acquired by Roche in $4.3 billion deal

Spark Therapeutics PHL

Batch of Xanax medication recalled due to 'foreign substance'

Xanax pharma

Study links blood pressure medication to suicide risk, but some health experts are skeptical

blood pressure medication suicide

Pharma pours cash on Congress as battles over drug prices persist

U.S. Capitol: Pharma pouring cash on Congress as drug price battles rage

Health Insurance

Type 1 diabetics decry rising costs of life-saving insulin

Diabetes Forum Insulin Costs

Pneumonia treatment by King of Prussia company gets FDA approval

xenleta king of prussia

Will I always face the threat of a peanut-laden kiss of death?

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Johnson & Johnson failed to disclose asbestos in its Baby Powder, report says

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Pushing PrEP: Planned Parenthood targets gay men and heterosexual women

New epilepsy treatment is the first FDA-approved cannabis-based drug

Carroll - NJ Marijuana Dispensary

Thousands of birth control packs recalled for incorrectly placed placebo pills

Customers nationwide reporting EpiPen shortages

epipen mylan

Philly sues pharmaceutical companies claiming they have liability in opioid crisis

Sozi Pedro Tulante

Is there a difference between generic and name-brand ibuprofen?

An overlooked epidemic: Older Americans taking too many unneeded drugs

Pharmaceuticals

Jefferson clinical trial shows promise for new migraine therapy

Stock_Carroll - Thomas Jefferson Hospital

Antibiotics can be unnecessary and potentially harmful, IBC says

Pharmaceuticals

Women fear drug they used to halt puberty led to health problems

GlaxoSmithKline appoints insider as first female CEO

Emma Walmsley

Going to the dentist could soon mean no Novocain, no needle

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Pharmaceuticals

Inventing a machine that spits out drugs in a whole new way

05302016_drugmaker_machine_MIT

FDA approves first drug in U.S. for Parkinson's-related psychosis

Drexel seeks healthy participants for landmark Alzheimer's drug study

Urban Medicare beneficiaries may see more drug savings this year

Five scientists indicted in alleged theft of GlaxoSmithKline trade secrets

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Delco pharma company expands outside U.S.

Manufacturing pills

Lawsuit seeks support for kids in unplanned pregnancies caused by birth control blunder

Philly firm scores legal victory against maker of drug that caused male breast growth

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