U.S. federal regulators warned that Johnson & Johnson's popular heartburn durg Propulsid may cause genetically deadly heart-rhythm problems when combined with numerous other medications, and

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a computer system that could significantly improve the chances of detecting breast cancer. The machine made by R2 Technology Inc., can analyze

In an era when cigratte advertising is under attack worldwide, tobacco companies will see an end to their unusally blunt sales pitch: Smoke more, get a prize. But soon, giveaway promotions by

The manufacturer of the entire world supply of quinacrine pellets, used to chemically sterilize women in developing nations, said it will no longer make the pellets. The decision by Sipharm Sissein

Nearly three months after approving Viagra, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had received about 100 reports of men suffering serious adverse reactions or dying after taking the impotence drug,

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first new tuberculosis drug in 25 years. The FDA said that it has approved rifapentine, which is marketed under the name Priftin by Hoechst

In a huge victory for the tobacco industry, a Florida appeals court reversed a two year old landmark jury verdict against Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. and ordered the case

U.S. Senate Republicans voted to kill comprehensive anti tobacco legislation, setting the stage for a summer of legislative warfare and framing a central issue for the autumn congressional

World-wide Stephen D. Mumford and his partner, a like-minded contraceptive researcher named Elton Kessel are the sole distributors of quinacrine. In a remarkably quiet crusade they have managed to

U.S. pharmaceuticals giant Eli Lilly & Co has hit another obstacle in its quest for copyright protection in China for the drug Prozac. The Beijing Municipal People's High Court last week upheld a