In an unprecedented clinical trial disaster, six men participating in the drug trial of a painkiller were hospitalized, with one brain dead and three others with possible permanent brain damage. While investigations are under way to determine what went wrong, the botched trial in western France raises a question of safety procedures in other clinical […]
Some drug price increases have gotten a lot of attention (such as Daraprim’s 5,000 percent jump). But the combined effect of price hikes on numerous prescription drug costs is apparent in new data released by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Hefty price jumps on generic and brand name drugs contributed to higher […]
Gender gaps persist in many areas, as Jennifer Lawrence and others have pointed out. But, one area where the gender gap in shrinking in America is drinking habits. Men still drink more alcohol than women, but the gap has narrowed as men drink less and women drink more, according to a recent analysis by researchers […]