According to the American Porphyria Foundation (APF), EPP and XLP ... including in the UK. The drug accounts for the bulk of the Australian company's revenues, which reached A$95 million ($63 ...

The FDA has approved Alnylam’s gene silencing drug Oxlumo, the first treatment ... FDA-approved a year ago for acute hepatic porphyria, costs $575,000 per year at full price in the US, although ...

It’s time to move on from treating heroin as Europe’s main drug problem, according to the head of the European Union’s drugs agency. That’s not to say heroin isn’t still a major problem.

Criticism over how the Chinese government buys drugs for its public health care system has ignited frustration over the quality of medicine. By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang Reporting from ...

Top doctors raised concerns about domestically made drugs, saying Beijing’s effort to lower costs is sacrificing quality. By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang Reporting from Hong Kong A rare ...

Drug addiction is a condition in which there is uncontrolled use of a substance with a harmful outcome. Drugs overstimulate the brain’s reward circuit, producing pleasure or euphoria. With repeated ...

Treatment strategies range from outpatient dietary advice and antiemetic drugs to hospitalization and intravenous (IV) fluid replacement in persistent or severe cases. Alternative methods ...

Drug-resistant infections occur when pathogens change in ways that render antimicrobial drugs ineffective. As a result, the pathogens survive and continue to spread. When infections are treatable with ...

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Drug screening is the process by which potential drugs are identified and optimized before selection of a candidate drug to progress to clinical trials. It can involve screening large libraries of ...