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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted the Breakthrough Therapy status for the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche's drug Balovaptan in January 2018.
Prescription drugs used to treat men's hair loss and enlarged prostate could have unintended side effects that were never reported in clinical trials.
Researchers have discovered a drug that for weight loss that helps prevent type 2 diabetes in 80 percent of people studied.
Researchers at the Imperial College London are exploring a new treatment for multiple sclerosis that resets the immune system.
The physicians are targeted by pharmaceutical reps specifically assigned to work for the purpose of attracting physicians to order these laboratory tests.
A new analysis of studies suggests cholesterol lowering drugs known as statins may not be as effective for preventing heart attack and stroke as we have been lead to believe. According to an expert review, the drugs do lower cholesterol. But claims about how well the drugs prevent heart disease have been exaggerated.
