LMTX, which was developed by TauRx Therapeutics, did not appear to help patients over all, researchers said. A new type of drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease failed in its first big clinical trial, though there was a hint it might…
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The way the patent system interacts with the Food and Drug Administration’s drug approval process skews what kinds of cancer clinical trials are run.
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Fred Kellerman’s life was changed by a free drug that treated his Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome. He and other patients are fearful that they will not be able to afford it if a pharmaceutical company gets exclusive rights to sell it…
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According to the Food and Drug Administration, there are more than 300,000 over-the-counter drug products on the market, a number that continues to grow as an increasing number of medications move from prescription to O.T.C. status.
Ms. Susman, a former Clinton administration staff member and a major fund-raiser in her own right for Mr. Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, must now make the argument to Washington that cutting her company’s tax contributions to the United States Treasury by moving its headquarters to Dublin is actually good for the United States.