Drug

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a new drug to treat a vaginal yeast infection, which is particularly common in pregnant women who take birth control pills or take antibiotics.The drug Brexafemme (Ibrexafungerp)…

Medina Spirit coach Bob Baffert claims the trophy after winning the 147th round of the Kentucky Derby with Medina Spirit, his seventh career win at the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 1, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky.Andy Lyons |…

Magic mushrooms are seen in a grow room in the Netherlands in this 2007 file photo.Peter Dejong | APEntrepreneur Dick Simon has never shied away from speaking up about business topics other CEOs might find too stigmatized to touch. He has…

On Tuesday, several dozen organizations dealing with addiction and other health issues asked Mr. Biden's Health and Welfare Minister, Xavier Becerra, "to act urgently" to remove the rule that doctors go through a day of training before they…

In this photo illustration, the UK multinational pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) logo is displayed on a smartphone with a computer model of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the background.Budrul Chukrut | SOPA pictures | Getty…

A student raises her hand in her virtual classroom at Roxbury YMCA in Boston on September 21, 2020.Suzanne Kreiter | Boston Globe | Getty ImagesParents with children stuck at home during the pandemic will tell you how stressed they are,…

Remote exam advocates say they can do the same thing virtually. Peter Miller, president of New Jersey-based Dynamic Compliance Solutions, which helps life science companies comply with FDA regulations, says his remote audit kit can do an…

A pharmacist shows a box of tocilizumab, which is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, in the pharmacy of Cambrai Hospital in France on April 28, 2020.Pascal Rossignol | ReutersA drug used to treat people with rheumatoid arthritis appears…

For the first time, a drug has been shown to be so effective against obesity that patients can avoid many of its worst effects, including diabetes, researchers reported Wednesday.Novo Nordisk's drug Semaglutide is already marketed for the…

Biotech company Novavax announced Thursday that its coronavirus vaccine was more than 89% effective against Covid-19 in its Phase 3 clinical trial conducted in the UK.The results were based on 62 confirmed Covid-19 infections among the…