The FDA launched a new voucher program to fast-track reviews, naming nine experimental drugs for cancer, diabetes, addiction, ...

The price of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are in the crosshairs of the Trump administration. Makers of weight-loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk were under pressure on Friday after President ...

The global drug use disorder deaths have more than doubled since 1990, even as new addiction cases declined, highlighting a ...

About 1 in 3 Australian adults (32%) has a body-mass index (BMI) of 30 or above. A further 34% has a BMI of 25 or above.

Across the United States, rising temperatures due to climate change pose a growing threat to public health. Extreme heat ...

Pharmaceutical stocks are having a moment. The S&P 500 Pharmaceuticals Index recently rose 11% during five trading days, its ...

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Ohio House aims to reimburse state employees and elected officials for out-of-pocket costs related to GLP-1 drugs used for chronic ...

Mary Mobley is an editorial fellow in media and public relations at The Heritage Foundation. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new abortion drug. The drug, which is a generic ...

Four police officers and four firefighters were examined Tuesday after being exposed to what they allege was a hidden drug laboratory at an apartment building in Crestwood, according to Crestwood fire ...

Amgen and Merck both climbed more than 5%, to push the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.1% to its second straight record. Thermo Fisher, Biogen and Eli Lilly were among the top gainers in the S&P 500 ...

Axsome Therapeutics has three drugs on the market and five in the pipeline, with the potential to help some 150 million Americans suffering from brain disorders. When Herriot Tabuteau started a drug ...

Washington — Pfizer has agreed to offer significantly discounted prices for some prescription drugs for all American consumers and has committed to offer prescription medications to Medicaid at lower ...