Prescription drugs

Novartis said in August that it plans to spin off its generics unit Sandoz to sharpen its focus on its patented prescription medicines.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNovartis shares jumped on Tuesday after the Swiss drugmaker raised…

By JOSH BOAK - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday rolled out a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs: a crackdown on what he called “junk” insurance…

By JOSH BOAK - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday rolled out a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs: a crackdown on scam insurance plans, new…

By TOM DAVIES - Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s Legislature trampled upon the rights of young transgender patients and their parents with a new law aiming to ban them from…

By LEA SKENE - Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Kelly trudged through southwest Baltimore, each labored footstep a reminder of the roofing accident that left him with chronic pain and…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Monica Swahn, Georgia State University(THE CONVERSATION) Suicide rates in the U.S. have increased…

By TOM MURPHY - AP Health Writer A growing shortage of common cancer treatments is forcing doctors to switch medications and delaying some care, prominent U.S. cancer centers say.The National…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously revived whistleblower lawsuits claiming that supermarket and pharmacy chains SuperValu and Safeway overcharged government health-care programs for…

By JONEL ALECCIA - AP Health Writer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use off-brand versions of the popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy because they…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Pennsylvania doctor was sentenced to six months in federal prison Thursday for his role in a pain pill prescription scheme.Dr. Brian Gullett also was fined $5,000 and surrendered his…