Pharmaceuticals : Science World Report

May 11, 2017 04:00 AM EDT

EpiPens Potent Up To 4 Years After Expiry Date

EpiPens can be used up to 4 years after expiry date, researchers say.

Dec 13, 2016 02:09 AM EST

Alexion Pharmaceuticals CEO Resigns: Changes But No Clarity Over Company Woes

Alexion drug company, the maker of the world's most expensive drugs, has announced the unexpected changes in the company's leadership. The reasons are still kept undisclosed.

Dec 02, 2016 03:13 AM EST

Aussie Students Took Down Martin Shkreli By Recreating His Controversial $750 Drug For Just $2

A group of year 11 students in Australia synthesized the active ingredient of Mark Shkreli's controversial drug, Daraprim, for just $2.

May 26, 2016 05:40 AM EDT

Antidepressants Can Be Used For Other More Than Just Depression

New research showed that physicians use antidepressants to treat a vast number of other conditions.

Feb 03, 2016 11:13 AM EST

Pharmaceuticals May be Leeching into Waterways and Causing Havoc with Ecosystems

There may be a global change that's causing increasing disruption-and that change is pharmaceuticals.

Dec 08, 2014 01:16 PM EST

Drugs in the Environment May Impact How Crops and Plants Grow

Edible crops may be affected by drugs. By assessing a range of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, scientists have found that even at very low concentrations, crops can be affected.

Dec 31, 2013 03:42 PM EST

Lost Hooves, Dead Cattle Before Merck Halted Zilmax Drug Sales

The U.S. beef industry's dependence on the muscle-building drug Zilmax began unraveling here, on a sweltering summer day, in the dusty cattle pens outside a Tyson Foods Inc slaughterhouse in southeastern Washington state.