Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

Just what we don't need. Another anti-opioid (pro-pain) zealot spreading the false gospel. But we have one anyhow - US Surgeon General Jerome Adams, M.D.  On July 3rd Dr. Adams Tweeted the following:

The New York Times' coverage of the so-called "opioid crisis" (1) has been generally dreadful, but I was still surprised with a new article by Gina Kolata - the paper's science reporter - entitled "

Abbvie is buying Allergan – but not for its antibiotic franchise.  They are more interested in Botox and other esthetic produ

Today's Wall Street Journal article entitled "Overdose Deaths Likely to Fall for First Time Since 1990" will certainly garner a lot of

According to the World Health Organization, there are vaccines available to prevent 26 infectious diseases.

It is not surprising that pharmaceutical companies have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the implementation of the FDA’s new regulations regarding pricing information in direct to consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising.

According to The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, “there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”

I shouldn’t have been surprised—you can’t mention $2.125 million and expect people to just nod their heads and move on.

The FDA met last week in the first hearing to decide the regulatory fate of the cannabinoid CBD; you know the marijuana component that has no or little psychoactive effect. At the most basic of levels, a drug is a chemical.

I recently had a chat with Rick Bright.  Rick is the Director, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), U.