Insomnia is a driver of suicide, and people with severe insomnia may safely benefit from taking a sedative to help address their sleep problems as it reduces their suicidal thoughts, a new study suggests. The […]
The prescription drug bill released yesterday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is “an unprecedented exercise of raw government power,” according to Galen Senior Fellow Doug Badger. The bill would require pharmaceutical companies to “negotiate” prices with the […]
GENTING HIGHLANDS: Within a week, Bukit Aman has seized RM3.48mil worth of drugs following the nationwide launch of its “Ice Breaker” operation. Federal Narcotic Crime Investigation Department (NCID) director Comm Datuk Mohd Khalil Kader Mohd […]
Pfizer, the world’s largest drugmaker, plans to divest its off-patent drug business and combine it with generic-drug maker Mylan. Under the agreement, which is structured as an all-stock deal, each Mylan share would be converted into […]
Australian swimmer Shayna Jack says she has never heard of Ligandrol, the banned substance her B sample tested positive for. Photograph: Darren England/AAP Australian swimming star Shayna Jack faces a ban that looks set to […]
NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has stopped short of promising her government will put in place the coroner’s future recommendations over drug deaths at music festivals. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP The New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, […]
In a first, researchers have found that a treatment affecting the immune system effectively slowed the progression to clinical Type-1 diabetes in high risk individuals by two years or more. “The results have important implications […]
Sydney: Australian police have seized a record $840 million worth of the drug “ice” hidden in stereo speakers shipped from Thailand, officials said Friday. Australian Border Force agents found 1.6 tonnes of methylamphetamine and 37 kilograms […]