In 2023, around 316 million people used drugs worldwide, an increase of 28% over the past decade. Cannabis remained the most commonly used drug representing 4.6% of the global population aged 15 to 64 ...

Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignancies in men globally. Hormonal therapies targeting the androgen–androgen ...

Rates of proven drug hypersensitivity reactions are comparable between children with and without inborn errors of immunity (IEI).

A new Israeli study reveals that paracetamol doesn’t function only in the brain; it also blocks pain at its source by acting on nerve endings in the body.

Weight-loss jabs could soon become among the most commonly used drugs, the NHS ’s top doctor has said. Professor Sir Stephen Powis said cheaper versions of the jabs, such as Mounjaro, could lead ...

We May Finally Understand How Paracetamol – AKA Tylenol® – Actually Works It’s one of the world’s most common drugs, so it might surprise you to learn that scientists don’t completely ...

Most common medications that cause DILI The recent study in Toxicology Reports identified several drugs that are most likely to cause liver injury.

Prescription drugs sit ready to be distributed to patients at 986 Pharmacy in Alhambra, Calif. Industry officials caution that steep tariffs on raw materials and finished pharmaceuticals could ...

Pharmacists predict, although they say it may not sound like much, that 10% tariffs will hurt businesses such as small pharmacies that fill 50,000 prescriptions a year. KFF Health News — In the ...

For example, while drug manufacturing plants can cost $1 billion and take 3 to 5 years to set up, it would be relatively cheap to build a syringe factory — a business American manufacturers ...

Tariffs on biosimilars coming from overseas — where Fresenius makes such drugs — would further incentivize U.S. use of more expensive brand-name biologics, the March 11 letter said. Biosimilars, which ...