Zantac’s Developer Settles Lawsuits Claiming Cancer Link
GSK, which developed and sold versions of the now-discontinued blockbuster heartburn drug, agreed to pay up to $2.2 billion.
GSK, which developed and sold versions of the now-discontinued blockbuster heartburn drug, agreed to pay up to $2.2 billion.
Officials are looking to foreign sources to ease shortages of IV bags caused by Hurricane Helene as hospitals begin rationing fluids to protect the sickest patients.
A medida que el cambio climático facilita la proliferación de mosquitos en muchos lugares, la enfermedad del virus del Nilo Occidental se perfila como una de las mayores amenazas de salud.
Both have campaigned for lower prescription costs. Kamala Harris has promised to expand President Biden’s policies. Donald Trump is a wild card.
What it’s like to get the neglected disease.
After supply chain disruptions that made critical medicines scarce, a federal effort is underway to ensure domestic stocks of pharmaceutical ingredients.
The announcement will expand access to the diabetes and weight-loss drugs. But it will also complicate the future of compounded versions of the medications.
Many middle-income countries are left out of the deal, widening a gulf in access to critical medicines.
The S.E.C. alleged shortcomings in research said to support the drug, and its developer agreed to a $40 million settlement. Some experts wonder why clinical trials have not been stopped.
The drugs, which resembled real pharmaceuticals, killed nine people, prosecutors said. They were laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine.