All articles tagged: Pharmacist

Hoping to skirt the slow pace of new drug development, researchers are leaning on AI to uncover fresh uses for known chemicals and already-approved treatments.

New machine learning techniques plumb vast "data lakes" to help researchers design faster, cheaper, more effective clinical trials — meaning accelerated approvals.

Canada will soon finalize policies intended to speed approvals of medical products, but some fear the erosion of standards for evidence.

Madelaine Feldman, MD, has been a vocal PBM critic for years. She sees a recent FTC interim report as evidence of the need for congressional action on PBM practices she says put patients at risk.

Sir Jonathan Van-Tam certainly thinks so, but how that happens makes all the difference.

The drugs are intended to treat several types of arthritis, psoriasis, COVID-19, and Crohn's disease.

Medications to treat malignant hyperthermia and pediatric hypotension have been recommended for marketing authorization by the European Medicines Agency.

A court in Uzbekistan sentenced 23 people to prison terms on Monday over the deaths of 68 children linked to contaminated cough syrups produced by India's Marion Biotech,...

The EMA has warned that Paxlovid should only be administered alongside tacrolimus, ciclosporin, everolimus, or sirolimus if their blood levels can be closely monitored.

The drug, a tranquilizer for animals including horses and cattle, is hard for clinicians to identify, and users may not even know they have taken it.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday warned consumers not to use unapproved eye drops that closely resemble Bausch + Lomb's Lumify product for redness...

Precautionary measures from the European Medicines Agency aim to prevent neurodevelopmental disorders in children born to men treated with valproate prior to conception.

The FDA has seized thousands of counterfeit units of semaglutide.

CVS Health on Tuesday forecast 2024 revenue above market estimates and said it would simplify the structure through which its pharmacies get reimbursed for drugs.

The US Food and Drug Administration is inspecting Dr Reddy's research and development centre in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, the pharma company said on Tuesday.

A broad overview of patient-support programs should be a 'first step' in weighing whether these programs deliver value for patients in return for their cost to the health system, says a researcher.

About a third of people surveyed used antibiotics in the last year without a prescription.

CVS Health Corp and Walgreens Boots Alliance on Wednesday said that a work action by some US pharmacists this week had minimal impact on operations, with most stores remaining open.

Debt-laden Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday and said it would close underperforming stores, as the drugstore chain comes under pressure from lawsuits alleging that it helped fuel the opioid crisis.

Pharmacy employees at some U.S. Walgreens stores, including pharmacists, technicians and support staff, plan a walkout between Monday and Wednesday, CNN reported, citing an organizer.

The US Federal Trade Commission has warned brand-name drugmakers they could face legal action if they improperly list patents with federal health regulators.