by Mooslet Writing Services | Jun 27, 2016 | Prescription Drugs
Lawmakers from both houses on Capitol Hill are taking aim at obstructionary practices used by brand-name pharmaceutical companies against would-be makers of generic drugs. In the Senate, a bipartisan group comprised of members from the Judiciary Committee and its...
by Mooslet Writing Services | Jun 20, 2016 | Prescription Drugs
First, it was propofol, the drug that killed Michael Jackson. Then came fentanyl, which killed pop icon Prince. If the pharmaceutical industry has its way, deaths from prescription drugs like these are not likely to decrease anytime soon. The latest pharma scandal to...
by Mooslet Writing Services | Jun 7, 2016 | Prescription Drugs
Gilead Sciences is being sued by an AIDS advocacy group which claims the pharmaceutical giant halted development on an improved HIV drug because it feared cannibalizing the profits of an existing drug. AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles nonprofit, accuses the...
by Mooslet Writing Services | May 24, 2016 | Prescription Drugs
A recent press release from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises doctors to use more discretion when prescribing certain antibiotics for uncomplicated infections. The class of antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones should only be used for serious infections...
by Mooslet Writing Services | May 18, 2016 | Prescription Drugs
The world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies are content to simply make drugs and sell them for handsome profits. But how do big pharma companies make sure those drugs don’t end up on the black market or in an addict’s hands? The answer: aside from one day each year,...
by Mooslet Writing Services | May 10, 2016 | Prescription Drugs
Last week the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about dangers associated with aripiprazole, an antipsychotic drug that goes by the names Abilify and Aristada. The warning indicates that the drugs produce impulse-control problems like excessive...
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