Pharmaceutical Industry

Sprout Pharmaceuticals CEO Cindy Whitehead holds a bottle for the female sex-drive drug Addyi. After two rejections, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave approval Tuesday for the drug as a treatment for hypoactive sexual desire disorder, a first for women. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Healthcare

Female libido drug won’t be marketed on TV

August 19, 2015 3:11 pm

Women with reduced sexual desire would benefit from a libido-enhancing drug, the FDA wrote, but then stressed that benefits must outweigh side effects before it will approve flibanserin. (AP Photo)Â

Healthcare

FDA approves female ‘Viagra’

Robert King -

August 18, 2015 11:17 pm

Healthcare

FDA to rule on female ‘Viagra’

Robert King -

August 18, 2015 4:01 am

A survey of 140 large corporations with 100,000 or more employees gave insight into the toll of high drug prices.Â (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Business

Will companies start paying for employee drugs on installment?

Robert King -

August 16, 2015 4:01 am

Presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., wrote a letter Friday to Valeant Pharmaceuticals inquiring about two heart drugs. (AP Photos)

Healthcare

Dems demand explanation for rising price of heart drugs

Robert King -

August 14, 2015 3:58 pm

Federal regulators have approved a kid-sized version of popular painkiller OxyContin. (AP Photo)

Healthcare

FDA approves painkiller OxyContin for kids

Robert King -

August 14, 2015 2:43 pm

Kardashian is paid by the drug company Duchesnay to be a celebrity spokeswoman for the drug Diclegis. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, file)

Healthcare

FDA keeps up with the Kardashians

Paige Winfield Cunningham -

August 11, 2015 7:14 pm

Amarin wants to give doctors materials such as clinical trial results and a medical journal article on an unapproved use associated with Vascepa involving certain patients with potential heart problems.Â (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Healthcare

Drug company scores First Amendment victory

Robert King -

August 11, 2015 4:01 am

A figure is printed in a 3D printer at the International Consumer Electronics Show Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo)Â

Healthcare

FDA approves first 3D-printed drug

Robert King -

August 3, 2015 8:50 pm

Healthcare

Alexander: Cures bill bipartisan enough for election year

Paige Winfield Cunningham -

July 28, 2015 4:01 am

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Tag: Pharmaceutical Industry

Female libido drug won’t be marketed on TV

FDA approves female ‘Viagra’

FDA to rule on female ‘Viagra’

Will companies start paying for employee drugs on installment?

Dems demand explanation for rising price of heart drugs

FDA approves painkiller OxyContin for kids

FDA keeps up with the Kardashians

Drug company scores First Amendment victory

FDA approves first 3D-printed drug

Alexander: Cures bill bipartisan enough for election year

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