Drug overdoses killed nearly 110,000 people in the US in 2022, according to the latest US government figures. Hikma was accused of failing to monitor and report suspicious opioid orders from ...

Hikma Pharmaceuticals will acquire parts of Danish firm Xellia Pharmaceuticals, a drug company specialising in injectable ...

The first drug to slow the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer's has been heralded as momentous. The research breakthrough ends decades of failure and shows a new era of drugs to treat Alzheimer ...

A BBC investigation found 20 online pharmacies selling restricted drugs without checks - such as GP approval. In total, we bought over 1,600 various prescription-only pills by entering false ...

When a medication works right, it boosts your health or helps you feel better. But a drug can bring on problems if it doesn't mix well with something else you put into your body, like another ...

Drug-induced lupus is more common in men because they are given these drugs more often; however, not everyone who takes these drugs will develop the disease. Specific criteria for diagnosing ...

It's an age-old worry among many parents: Is my kid using drugs? Data shows why such concerns these days go beyond fretting over a teen potentially puffing on pot, with the rise of fentanyl ...

Drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster Ozempic can cut drug and alcohol abuse by up to 50% according to a new study, adding to mounting evidence that the drugs yield health benefits beyond ...

You've applied for a job and received an offer of employment, but there is one last step before the position is yours: a pre-employment drug test. For a range of jobs, particularly in the public ...

There are many cancer drugs and cancer drug combinations. They have individual side effects. The list includes chemotherapy, hormone therapies, targeted cancer drugs, immunotherapy drugs and ...

One of the most prominent medical developments in recent years has been the emergence of a class of drugs called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs). The best known of these ...

Drug discovery is the process through which potential new medicines are identified. It involves a wide range of scientific disciplines, including biology, chemistry and pharmacology. Synthesis and ...