Trump to keep fighting opioids 'until our job is done' Medical Dialogues Bureau28 April 2019 9:00 AM ISTWhile prescription opioids initially accounted for most deaths, the epidemic is now driven by illicit heroin and fentanyl.ATLANTA: President Donald...
Rochester Drug Cooperative fined $20 million in criminal case against drug distributor over opioids Medical Dialogues Bureau24 April 2019 9:00 AM ISTThe company where the executives worked, Rochester Drug Cooperative (RDC), is one of the country's largest distributors of prescription opioids. It...
Medicare hospital fund reserves likely to be exhausted in 2026: US report Medical Dialogues Bureau23 April 2019 9:00 AM ISTThe report from the board of trustees for Social Security and Medicare also projected that Social Security funds could be depleted by 2035, leading to...
New York sues billionaire family behind maker of OxyContin Garima30 March 2019 9:00 AM ISTNEW YORK: New York is suing the billionaire family behind the company that created OxyContin, joining a growing list of state and local governments...
Purdue Pharma agrees to pay $270 million to settle opioid case Medical Dialogues Bureau28 March 2019 9:15 AM ISTPurdue Pharma introduced OxyContin in the 1990s and marketed it hard to doctors, making tens of billions of dollars from the drug. But the company has...
AstraZeneca gets EU nod to diabetes drug Forxiga Medical Dialogues Bureau27 March 2019 2:55 PM ISTFarxiga or Forxiga, as the drug is known outside the United States, is one of AstraZeneca's top ten drugs by sales. It generated $1.39 billion in 2018...
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agrees to settle Oklahoma opioid case: Source Farhat Nasim26 March 2019 9:25 AM ISTU.S: Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to settle a lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma accusing the OxyContin painkiller maker of helping fuel an opioid abuse...
USFDA puts partial hold on Abbvie Venclexta clinical trials after deaths Farhat Nasim21 March 2019 9:45 AM ISTThe clinical hold does not impact any of the approved indications for Venclexta, such as chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) or acute myeloid...
GSK reports positive data from trial of cancer drug Dostarlimab Garima21 March 2019 9:15 AM ISTGSK said it would apply for marketing approval for Dostarlimab in endometrial cancer at the end of 2019.New Delhi: GlaxoSmithKline said on Tuesday a...
Union Health Ministry blocking Juul e cigarettes from coming into country: Report Meghna A Singhania18 March 2019 12:42 PM IST"Novel products such as 'Juul' are harmful and addictive and could potentially undermine our tobacco control efforts," Health Secretary Preeti Sudan...
Glenmark gets USFDA nod for generic version of acne treatment gel Farhat Nasim17 March 2019 9:21 AM ISTNew Delhi: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Friday said it has received final approval from the US health regulator for its generic version of BenzaClin gel...
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma exploring bankruptcy: Report Farhat Nasim5 March 2019 9:20 AM ISTSales of OxyContin and other opioids have fallen amid public concern about their addictive nature, and as restrictions on opioid prescribing have been...
