Pharmaceutical sciences

Scientists at the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg, Manitoba, prepare an experimental Ebola vaccine for shipment to the World Health Organization.

Many people want to give trial drugs a chance to save their lives. Here's how they'll have to do it

Terminally ill patients are often willing to take any chance for a cure, even taking unapproved trial drugs. But while the process has been haphazard in the past, a new panel funded by pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson will try to give everyone an equal shot at getting such medications.

Many people want to give trial drugs a chance to save their lives. Here's how they'll have to do it

EPA scraps proposed chemical safety rules

EPA scraps proposed chemical safety rules

A Call for Medical Marijuana Research in the Caribbean

A Call for Medical Marijuana Research in the Caribbean

North Korean Tablet Pre-Loaded with Angry Birds

North Korean Tablet Pre-Loaded with Angry Birds

FDA Issues its Strongest Warning on Anti-Malaria Drug Lariam

FDA Issues its Strongest Warning on Anti-Malaria Drug Lariam

Group Protests 'Demonization' of Pot by Planting Marijuana Seeds All Over German Town

Our Geo Quiz heads to a German university town that's in full bloom these days. Marijuana plants have sprouted up all over the town, courtesy of an anonymous group that calls itself, A Few Autonomous Flower Children.

Group Protests 'Demonization' of Pot by Planting Marijuana Seeds All Over German Town

Obama administration drops objection to Plan B ruling

President Barack Obama's government has dropped its opposition to a court decision that allows the Plan B emergency contraceptive to be bought over-the-counter by women of any age. Proponents had argued the pill was safe and a useful safety net against unwanted pregnancy.

Obama administration drops objection to Plan B ruling

Judge rules Plan B must be available to all without a prescription

A federal judge handed a victory to women's health advocates, saying that the federal government erred when it overruled a panel of scientists who recommended that Plan B One-Step be made available to women of all ages. He gave the government 30 days to change its policies.

Judge rules Plan B must be available to all without a prescription

Panel Endorses HIV Drug Truvada for FDA Approval

Panel Endorses HIV Drug Truvada for FDA Approval

New book tells story of 'medication generation' -- 20-something with years on prescription drugs

They've been called the "medication generation," twenty-somethings who started taking psychiatric drugs when they were just kids. In her new book, author Kaitlin Bell Barnett tells the stories of five young people, now adults, who were medicated as children.

New book tells story of 'medication generation' -- 20-something with years on prescription drugs

New FDA Guidelines for Nano Particles

New FDA Guidelines for Nano Particles -- The Food and Drug Administration has announced new voluntary guidelines for the use of nano technology in food packaging and cosmetics.

New FDA Guidelines for Nano Particles
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Fighting to Stem its Growing Debt, Spanish Town Considers Cultivating Cannabis

A tiny Spanish town has a plan for digging out of debt: the mayor proposed growing marijuana.

Fighting to Stem its Growing Debt, Spanish Town Considers Cultivating Cannabis

FDA, at the behest of HHS, denies permission to sell Plan B in front of the counter

The FDA had been making plans to allow TEVA Pharmaceuticals to sell its Plan B contraceptive in front of the pharmacy counter to women of any age. But Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius intervened at the last minute to prevent it.

FDA, at the behest of HHS, denies permission to sell Plan B in front of the counter

Governors ask feds to reclassify marijuana as medicine; government balks

Two governors want the federal government to "down-schedule" marijuana as a drug with approved medical uses. But the Health and Human Services administration is resisting. Opponents of down-scheduling say there are marijuana-based medications already on the market that are safe and effective.

Governors ask feds to reclassify marijuana as medicine; government balks

Patent expires on blockbuster Lipitor drug; generics on the way

After 20 years being the only game in town, Pfizer, the manufacturer of Lipitor, is about to get some competition in the space for treating those with chronic high cholesterol. The patent expired Wednesday and one generic drug is ready to hit the market. Others should arrive in six months.

Patent expires on blockbuster Lipitor drug; generics on the way