Shortages hinder Venezuela’s battle against fever outbreaks

– CARACAS (Reuters) – Shortages have complicated Venezuela’s efforts to treat severe outbreaks of mosquito-borne fevers this year, creating long lines at pharmacies to buy medicines and leaving More...

Study: State Medical Marijuana Laws Mean Low Overdose Deaths

– In states where it is legal to use medical marijuana to manage chronic pain and other conditions, the annual number of deaths from prescription drug overdose is 25 percent lower than in states where More...

Study: Steep Decline in Overdose-Related Deaths in Us States that Legalized Marijuana

New analysis reveals that in U.S. states where medical marijuana has been legalized, deaths from opioid overdoses have decreased by as much as 25%, according to JAMA Internal Medicine, the journal of More...

Teva Didn’t Infringe Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin Patents, NY Judge Rules

– – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (TEVA), the world’s biggest generic drugmaker, has won a patent infringement case on generic painkiller OxyContin filed by Purdue Pharma LP.,  a More...