Ecuador drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine
Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine
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Teva to pay $225M to settle cholesterol drug price-fixing charges
The generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed Monday to pay $225 million to settle price-fixing charges related to...
How to Beat a Drug Test
You or I would never do drugs, or attempt to cheat on something as important as a drug test. But perhaps you have a “fri...
Soaring sales of diabetes drug Mounjaro, widely used for weight loss, sends Eli Lilly to new heights
Eli Lilly’s diabetes treatment Mounjaro, which is widely used for weight loss, raked in nearly $1 billion in second-quar...
Babies should get new drug that prevents RSV, CDC panel says
A panel of U.S. health advisers is recommending that babies get a new drug to protect them against a respiratory virus
South Dakota governor prods Washington to address national drug shortages
As the U.S. struggles with prescription drug shortages, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has advanced a modest plan that sh...
New drug to protect babies and toddlers from RSV gets FDA approval ahead of cold season
U.S. officials have approved a new long-acting drug to protect babies and toddlers against a respiratory virus that caus...
Second Alzheimer's drug in the pipeline promises to slow worsening but with safety concern
New research shows another experimental Alzheimer's drug can modestly slow patients' inevitable worsening
Struggling with a drug crisis, San Francisco wants Narcan available at every pharmacy
San Francisco could become the first city in the country to require every pharmacy within its boundaries to always carry...
Animal sedative adds new suffering to opioid drug crisis, but is it driving up deaths?
A powerful animal sedative in the illicit drug supply is complicating the U.S. response to the opioid crisis
