Statin drugs are the biggest selling drugs in the world and have been shown to significantly lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attack. But data have been less clear about potential side

Two environmental official were fired over a chemical spill that forced authorities to cut off water supplies to 80,000 people last month in central China. In early September, high levels of arsenide

Dangerously high levels of lead are discovered in many children Doctors treating a five-year-old boy after a horrific electrical accident this spring were surprised to find another, equally serious

Swiss drug maker Novartis AG is cutting the price of its malaria treatment Coartem by more than a third to help make the drug more affordable for African countries. Coartem will now cost $1 per

The Food and Drug Administration approved a drug that has been shown to improve vision in patients with a type of age-related macular degeneration that causes blindness.
The drug Lucentis, by

The Food and Drug Administration approved Novartis AG's Exelon for the treatment of dementia in patients with Parkinson's disease. Exelon is a drug currently on the market to treat mild to moderate

Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) has increased the maximum rates of credit, fixed for agricultural equipment, attachments and implements, in order to enable the farmers to purchase different items

Roche Holding AG said that a rapid-response stockpile of the antiviral drug Tamiflu was ready and at the disposal of the World Health Organization. The stockpile of three million treatment courses --

After scrutinizing the oncology drugs in GlaxoSmithKline PLC's portfolio, lead cancer researcher Allen Oliff and his team of scientists realized a promising breast-cancer compound called Tykerb had

Three Cambodian villagers suspected of having the H5N1 bird-flu strain have been hospitalized, officials said. An adult and two children were hospitalized in Phnom Penh on Saturday with fever and