Health Officials Report First Death They Believe Is Linked to Vaping August 26, 2019 By Anna Edney and Michelle Fay Cortez An Illinois resident has died after being hospitalized with a severe respiratory illness that health officials believe is linked with...
Trump Administration Halts Plan to Sideline Pharmacy Benefit Managers July 11, 2019 By Anna Edney The White House abandoned a push to end rebates paid to middlemen who negotiate drug prices on behalf of health...
Drug Makers’ Supply Chain Probed as Blood Pressure Pill Tests Positive for Carcinogens June 19, 2019 By Anna Edney An online pharmacy told U.S. regulators it found another cancer-causing chemical in widely prescribed blood-pressure pills, raising new questions about...
Lawyers Expect Wave of Litigation Targeting Popular Heart Drugs April 24, 2019 By Anna Edney and Margaret Cronin Fisk Dozens of lawsuits have been filed against drug makers and sellers over widely prescribed generic heart medications tainted with potential...
Senators Seek Probe of Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ Pricing Practice April 9, 2019 By Anna Edney and Robert Langreth Two U.S. senators have asked the inspector general of the Health and Human Services Department to investigate a practice by...
FDA Probing Reports of Seizures by Users of E-Cigarettes April 3, 2019 By Anna Edney The Food and Drug Administration said that it is investigating a small number of reports over several years of e-cigarette...
FDA Vows Tougher Testing as More Manufacturers Outsource March 27, 2019 By Anna Edney U.S. regulators plan to revamp rules governing how medicines are manufactured, in an effort to ensure the safety of the...
Trump Plan to Curb Drug Prices Targets Rebates to Pharmacy Benefit Managers February 1, 2019 By Anna Edney and Robert Langreth The Trump administration proposed ending a complex system of drug rebates that influence tens of billions of dollars in U.S....
FDA Targets E-Cigarette Makers in Push to Curb Epidemic of Youth Vaping September 13, 2018 By Anna Edney The U.S. government signaled that it is prepared to adopt a tougher stance on electronic cigarettes in order to stem...
President Trump Urges U.S. Suit Against Opioid Manufacturers August 17, 2018 By Justin Sink and Anna Edney President Donald Trump said Thursday he wants the U.S. government to sue pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioids as part of...