Newly approved drugs for heart failure and high cholesterol come with raised expectations and, in some cases, alarmingly high prices.…
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Bristol’s Opdivo boosts kidney cancer survival beyond 2 years
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s immunotherapy drug Opdivo extended kidney cancer survival rates by more than two years in a late-stage trial, setting…
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Major study finds earlier HIV treatment improves health, NIH says
A major international study sought to settle how soon is best to start HIV treatment – and the advice is…
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Weight-loss drugs seek acceptance from patients and physicians
A new generation of weight-loss medications that suppress patients’ appetites and make them feel full is facing reluctance among patients…
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Popular antidepressant has the power to reverse heart failure, scientists say
More than half a million Americans are diagnosed with heart failure every year – a disease that is incurable without…
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Pfizer to expand clinical data access to researchers, patients
Global drugmaker Pfizer Inc will broaden access to information from its scores of clinical trials to independent researchers and to…
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Top court to hear arguments over generic drugmaker liability
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could decide whether generic drugmakers can be held…
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Ten years ago, Kevin Roberts suffered from an addiction that took over his life. Roberts, now 44 years old, would…
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Merck & Co’s experimental insomnia drug moved a step closer to U.S. approval on Wednesday after a panel of medical…
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Blood pressure drug may help fight against cancer
A frequently prescribed blood pressure drug could aid in the fight against cancer, BBC News reported. Researchers at Massachusetts General…
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