Drugs

Court documents, including emails, reveal Insys Therapeutics promoted fentanyl-spray cancer painkiller for off-label uses

UCSF-Johns Hopkins Archive’s latest release of records illustrates pharmacies’ repeated failure to heed warning signs and safety guidelines.

Opioid industry documents illuminate the cynical strategies that led to thousands of deaths. Can an archive turn the tragic past into a better future?

For nearly 20 years, the Medicare program has been at the mercy of the private sector. But the Inflation Reduction Act has the potential to save Americans billions of dollars in drug costs.

An updated COVID-19 vaccine recipe offers new hope for curbing the pandemic.

Special issue includes research and commentary addressing important considerations for national PrEP program that would lower prices and expand access.

The UCSF-JHU Opioid Industry Documents Archive released more than 114,000 documents related to McKinsey & Company's work showing how they advised opioid makers to help increase sales, despite the growing public outcry over the opioid epidemic.

Study found that some drugs were on the market for over five years with no confirmed clinical benefit.

Documents in the archive reveal the many ways opioid litigation defendants sought to increase sales of drugs they knew to be addictive and deadly.

One pill a day can prevent HIV infection, but many of those at risk never start taking it.

New drug targets and tools for identifying promising drugs suggest treatments for Covid-19—and future diseases.

Pain experts and patient advocates had expressed concern that these laws may restrict access to opioid treatment for people with chronic pain without substituting effective non-opioid alternatives.

Communities of faith have been under-utilized in the public health effort to fight substance use disorders. This virtual series offers an opportunity to explore this topic in depth and to inspire leaders to action.

New high-throughput platform screens drug compounds targeting macrodomain that plays critical role in the coronavirus life cycle.