Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

How often do you hear of someone using their spouse’s antibiotic medication that was prescribed for a prior illness but not entirely if ever used? Or, a teen sharing her friend’s birth control pills?

When writing about foods, in particular, I have often suggested that how the food is produced makes little difference; an organic apple is as nutritious as a conventionally farmed one.

Antibiotic R&D had a particularly bad year starting with The Medicines Company who abandoned their antibiotic R&D ef

A little luck and a clever idea can go a long way in finding treatments for unmet medical needs. One way to do this is by making use of drug repurposing - the process of discovering "new" drugs from "old" ones.

For the Baby Boomers, born under the halo of victory in World War II, and into the 1950s, one of the key themes was the promise of Science.

Supply and demand, what could be more straightforward. As demand increases so does supply; more demand than supply – higher prices; more supply than demand – lower prices.

Along with Achaogen, Melinta has now 

Placebos work. Evidence from many sources shows that medically inert substances when enrobed in an appropriate presentation make us feel better.

The cost of biopharmaceutical research and development is once again taking center stage in an article authored in the Journal of American Medical Association

Finding and bring new pharmaceuticals to market is both long and expensive, as my colleague Josh Bloom has written about on many occasions. This infographic sums up the situation pretty concisely.