Occasionally, Beacon Hill’s petty personality politics – with recalcitrant chairmen shunted from power over perceived slights or rebellious rank-and-filers neutered by a leadership that can (and often does) dictate which liquor license bills go where ...

TALLAHASSEE | Rep. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, is taking the offensive against a growing health problem in Florida: Newborns addicted to their mothers' prescription drugs. Stargel's task force bill, which asks for a study on the situation ...

TALLAHASSEE | Rep. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, is taking the offensive against a growing health problem in Florida: Newborns addicted to their mothers' prescription drugs. Stargel's task force bill, which asks for a study on the situation ...

TALLAHASSEE | Rep. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, is taking the offensive against a growing health problem in Florida: Newborns addicted to their mothers' prescription drugs. Stargel's task force bill, which asks for a study on the situation ...

TALLAHASSEE | Rep. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, is taking the offensive against a growing health problem in Florida: Newborns addicted to their mothers' prescription drugs. Stargel's task force bill, which asks for a study on the situation ...

She added, however, that “under no circumstances does the college provide students with prescriptions,” nor does its employee plan cover “abortions, drugs that induce abortion, sterilization or services relating to the restoration of fertility.”

Most Americans have no idea what biosimilars are, much less that they could save us $25 billion a year in prescription drug costs over the next 10 years. Biosimilars are essentially generic versions of biologics, which are expensive, high-tech ...

ALBANY -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office, and lawmakers in both the Senate and Assembly, are confident improvements will be made to the state's prescription database, which tracks which drugs are prescribed to whom. How they do it, however, remains ...

She came to attend a protest rally, attended by hundreds of people, against the EU-India Free Trade Agreement which, if signed, threatens the production of generic drugs by Indian companies.  This will increase the cost of medicines a great deal in India.

... and Administration's proposed biosimilar pathway regulations provide the necessary framework to allow drug companies to develop generic versions of biologically-derived medicines, thus granting patients access to cheaper versions of high-cost drugs.

OLYMPIA – The Legislature is moving forward on a bill to allow pharmacies to redistribute donations of unused prescription drugs starting next year. House Bill 2228 would create general guidelines for medical officials, drug manufacturers and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Prescription drug abuse is the nation's fastest-growing drug problem, with more than seven million people abusing them and death rates tripling from their abuse in the last decade. But it's not just adults we need to be ...

In January 2011, she purchased 240 tablets of hydrocodone, they allege. Most of the nearly 2,000 pills were for hydrocodone, a generic form of the pain drug Vicodin. She also filled prescriptions for oxycodone, a generic form of the pain drug Percocet ...

WASHINGTON—After intense criticism, the Obama administration on Friday said nonprofit affiliates of religious organizations, such as hospitals and universities, will not be required to offer prescription contraceptive drug coverage to their employees.

Thursday was a good day for generic drugs, especially the biosimilar slice of that market, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidelines for approval of biosimilars and, in a rare bipartisan moment, Republicans and Democrats on the House ...

Aram Alkazoff -- known as one of the most prolific prescription drug dealers in Detroit -- was slowly destroying the neighborhood. The coexistence between Alkazoff, 62, and his neighbors had turned violent, and as blight led to flight and kids ...

A unit of Bayer AG (BAYN), Germany’s largest drugmaker, sued Watson (WPI) Pharmaceuticals Inc., accusing the generic-drug maker of violating a patent for Beyaz birth control pills. Watson, based in Parsippany, New Jersey, is trying to develop ...

... and Administration's proposed biosimilar pathway regulations provide the necessary framework to allow drug companies to develop generic versions of biologically-derived medicines, thus granting patients access to cheaper versions of high-cost drugs.

A unit of Bayer AG (BAYN), Germany’s largest drugmaker, sued Watson (WPI) Pharmaceuticals Inc., accusing the generic-drug maker of violating a patent for Beyaz birth control pills. Watson, based in Parsippany, New Jersey, is trying to develop ...

WASHINGTON—After intense criticism, the Obama administration on Friday said nonprofit affiliates of religious organizations, such as hospitals and universities, will not be required to offer prescription contraceptive drug coverage to their employees.