Drugs

The Food and Drug Administration has ordered Juul Labs Inc. to stop selling its vaping products in the U.S., saying the products could be unsafe.

The percentage of working Americans testing positive for drugs hit a two-decade high last year, driven by an increase in positive marijuana tests, as businesses might have loosened screening policies amid nationwide labor shortages.

The Food and Drug Administration announced that a healthcare company has recalled 45,500 COVID-19 rapid tests due to a “high number of false positive reports.”

Western health care companies continue supplying medicine, vaccines and medical equipment to Russia.

In his State of the Union address, President Biden focused on the impact inflation is having on Americans. One topic which has been an agenda item in particular is bringing down the cost of prescription drugs.

A Denver woman who leased out her property through Expedia Group Inc.’s Vrbo was shocked to recently discover her rental had been reworked to conduct illegal activity.

Drugmakers raised prices an average of 6.6% at the start of 2022.

The antiviral covid-19 pills developed by U.S. firms are the next step in the pandemic battle.

The restriction will not go into effect until all residents have had a chance to receive a booster shot, with eligibility to the general public expected as of Jan. 17.

The pharmaceutical industry is bracing for the most significant expansion of government regulation of drug prices in decades despite success in watering down proposals from congressional Democrats that would have gone much further.

A California judge ruled late Monday that four drug companies can't be held liable for fueling widespread opioid addiction in the state.

A pair of new companies are being launched to tackle high drug costs, the latest sign of employer frustration with the middlemen, known as PBMs, whose job it is to keep down the spending.

The Cherokee Nation and three opioid distributors reached a $75 million settlement to resolve opioid-related claims against the companies, the tribe and the companies announced Tuesday.

The pharmaceutical company Pfizer has set explicit goals to fill a specific percentage of leadership positions with Black and Hispanic candidates by the year 2025 in the name of fighting "systemic racism."

A federal bankruptcy judge has signed off on OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's plan to settle billions in lawsuits over the opioid crisis.

Despite more than seven months in office, President Biden has still not gotten a permanent head of the Food and Drug Administration installed.

A member of the Sackler family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma says the billionaires will not agree to a settlement unless it includes liability protections for the heirs against waves of lawsuits over the opioid crisis.

A Japanese company has started human trials of the first once-a-day pill for Covid-19 patients, joining Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. in the race to find treatments for the disease.

The parents of a 16-year-old boy who died from a fentanyl overdose have started a petition calling on social media apps like TikTok and Snapchat to change their policies.