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Doctors currently use a variety of tests to identify Alzheimer's disease, including memory and cognitive tests that can take several weeks to set up and interpret. Only one of these is required in the new method, which is an...

The first COVID-19 vaccines for newborns and preschoolers were approved by US regulators on Friday, June 17, paving the path for inoculation to begin this week. The FDA took action after a consensus decision from its advisory council for the shots...

The University of Oxford in the United Kingdom has discovered a gene that controls pain sensitivity by enhancing pain impulses in the spinal cord. This provides new therapeutic targets as well as insights into the key mechanism behind chronic pain...

Bribes and rebate arrangements involving drugmakers and pharma middlemen are all being investigated by US regulators, with a particular focus on rising insulin prices. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced recently that it would step up enforcement against practises...

In the pharmaceutical industry and other consumer markets that produce and sell hazardous substances, child-resistant packaging has become an essential element of packaging design. As legislation and regulations increase all around the world and more firms take the moral pledge...

Novartis’ Kymriah created history five years ago when it became the first gene therapy to be licenced in the United States. As Novartis has attempted to increase its use in the lymphoma arena, the therapy has had its highs and...

Parents may soon be allowed to line up their children for vaccinations after Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine application for young children progresses through the FDA's regulatory procedure. Independent experts will vote this week as to whether to recommend...