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Drug-overdose suicides may be going undetected: study

VIRGINIA: Deaths by drug overdose are more likely to be classified as accidental or of… Read More

Common blood pressure drug tied to increased risk of skin cancer

People who take a certain water pill prescribed to control fluid retention and treat high… Read More

DBV Technologies peanut allergy drug fails key study

WASHINGTON: DBV Technologies SA said on Friday its peanut allergy treatment did not meet the… Read More

Novartis hopeful for novel heart drug, despite ‘modest’ benefit

ZURICH: Novartis will seek regulatory approval this year for a new kind of anti-inflammatory heart… Read More

Anti-diabetes drug also ‘lessens kidney, heart disease’ risk

WASHINGTON: An anti-diabetic drug that lowers blood sugar levels for type 2 diabetes sufferers also… Read More

Cholesterol-slashing drug does not impair brain: study

WASHINGTON: A new cholesterol-slashing drug that has shown promise for high-risk patients does not impair… Read More

Drug shortages and malnutrition in Mosul

MOSUL: Malnutrition, child deaths and drug shortages -- healthcare in west Mosul is getting worse… Read More

Roche’s emicizumab haemophilia drug succeeds in trial

SHANGHAI: Roche Holding AG's emicizumab drug for treating haemophilia A showed it worked in a… Read More

Czech scientists develop human lung model to aid treatments

PRAGUE: Czech scientists have developed a model of a functioning human lung that can be… Read More

Researchers in US report promising new Alzheimer’s drug

WASHINGTON: A new experimental treatment against Alzheimer's has proved to be promising and free of… Read More

Roche lung cancer drug success adds to pressure on Bristol

COPENHAGEN: Lung cancer patients on Roche's immune system-boosting drug Tecentriq lived on average 4.2 months… Read More

One new drug for three deadly tropical diseases

PARIS: Scientists unveiled findings Monday that could lead to a single treatment for a trio… Read More

Novartis study shows skin cancer combo also works on lungs

CHICAGO: A Novartis trial of two drugs against an aggressive lung cancer bodes well for… Read More

Porsche suspend ties with Maria Sharapova

BERLIN: German luxury car manufacturers Porsche has announced to distance themselves from Maria Sharapova after… Read More

Drug trade main reason for Lyari violence, says arrested hitman

KARACHI: An arrested suspect on Monday confessed that drug trade is the main reason for… Read More

Drug prices soar by as much as 15 percent in Punjab, Sindh

KARACHI: Multinational pharmaceutical companies have raised the prices of several drugs used in treatment of… Read More

The actor and the drug lord: how Sean Penn met ‘El Chapo’

WASHINGTON: In a cloak-and-dagger plot fit for a Hollywood movie, US actor Sean Penn met… Read More

Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ captured, sent back to prison he escaped from

Mexico recaptured the world's top drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in a pre-dawn shootout… Read More

Cancer drug shows promise against Parkinson’s disease

WASHINGTON: A cancer drug may be helpful in improving memory and motor skills in patients… Read More

Saudi Arabia executes a Pakistani for drug trafficking

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling drugs into the… Read More