Due to high prices for antiviral drugs, thousands of patients in London, Moscow and Sydney are turning to popular online shopping clubs to order cheap generics for the treatment of hepatitis C and HIV. Regulators, in turn, warn about the risks when buying drugs through ...
The drug market in the United States is growing rapidly, and this is caused not only by the growth of diseases, but also by the use of new drugs that should treat the side effects of drugs designed to treat the disease itself. 60% of Americans take drugs to treat a disease, creating a market ...
Homeopathic tablets and gels for teething pain relief may have been linked to 10 infant deaths. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported in 2010 that Hyland's homeopathic products contain belladonna venom and may be ...
Scientists from Harvard Medical School have concluded that the most important factor in the rise in the cost of prescription drugs in the United States is the monopoly of manufacturers, which is protected by the state. From January 2005 to July 2016, the researchers, as reported in the journal ...
The owner of the pharmaceutical company Turing Pharmaceuticals, Martin Shkreli, arrested today on suspicion of fraud, was released from custody after a $ 5 million bail. Shkreli has reportedly denied any involvement in financial fraud. The businessman was detained on the morning of December 17 in ...
The head of the New York pharmaceutical company Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, Martin Shkreli, who earlier this year acquired a drug for HIV patients and raised its price by 5,5 thousand percent, was arrested on suspicion of fraud. Bloomberg writes about this with reference to its own sources. The man was detained ...
American biologist James Watson, Nobel laureate of 1962, who discovered the double helix of DNA, said he was ready to support young talented scientists from Russia and China. On Wednesday, during Watson's visit to the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), a ceremony will be held to return the Nobel medal, which he bought ...