medicines

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Efforts by India and the European Union to strengthen trade are threatening India's ability to deliver lifesaving medicines to the world's poorest, analysts say as the two sides push through protracted negotiations on a free-trade pact....

CHICAGO (AP) -- Ritalin and other drugs used to treat attention deficit disorder are safe for adults' hearts, even though they can increase blood pressure and heart rate, according to the largest study of these medicines in adults....

An oral rheumatoid arthritis drug called tofacitinib improved symptoms better than placebo and worked quickly in patients who had not responded to other medicines.

Health care products maker Johnson & Johnson recalled another lot of Tylenol due to a musty odor which has already triggered five other recalls of the company's over-the-counter medicines.

Johnson & Johnson faulted lax cleaning procedures and other problems at a manufacturing plant behind massive recalls of medicines like Tylenol, and said it was recalling nearly 50 million more bottles.

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Doctors and patients are being misled about the effectiveness of some medicines because negative trial results are not published, experts warn.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chief executive of Johnson and Johnson will tell Congress his company "let the public down" with a string of quality problems that have resulted in millions of recalled medicines....

A TIME investigation of Avandia's journey from lab to pharmacy reveals serious flaws in the way the Food and Drug Administration protects consumers from harmful medicines

The recall of Tylenol and other over-the-counter medicines has grown once again, with Tylenol maker McNeil PCC Inc. today announcing the recall of 21 lots of medicines as a precautionary measure.