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Lasmiditan (Reyvow, Eli Lilly) resolved pain and most bothersome symptoms within 2 hours of treatment in patients with migraine.

“Sesame Street” has joined the fight against opioid addiction by creating a storyine to help educate children about the opioid epidemic and how it affects families.

This article is the third in a series on difficult to pronounce drug names.

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

The findings of the retrospective cohort study were presented in a poster at IDWeek 2019.

Suzy Soliman, PharmD, founder of the Pharmacist Moms Group, discusses how Cardinal Health has supported Women Pharmacist Day.

Prescription medications and other health care items, including vitamins and supplements, eyewear, and natural medicine, such as pharmaceutical-grade CBD oil, is being delivered in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area with service to homes and offices.

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

Brolucizumab is the most clinically advanced humanized single-chain antibody fragment. This type of antibody is highly sought after due to their small size, enhanced tissue penetration, rapid clearance from systemic circulation, and drug delivery characteristics.

Suzy Soliman, PharmD, discusses why October 12 was chosen to recognize Women Pharmacist Day.

A new study by Prime Therapeutics LLC has shown a sharp increase in the number of drug "super spenders," defined by the researchers as members with pharmacy and medical drug therapy claims of $250,000 or more annually.

A first-in-human trial evaluating the safety, pharmacokinetics, and fecal microbiome effects of a novel DNA polIIIC inhibitor demonstrated the antibacterial’s promise as a potential treatment alternative to vancomycin for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile.

The FDA has awarded a cooperative agreement grant to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy to develop a 3-year pilot project for a data-sharing system to improve oversight of compounding pharmacies.

The FDA is continuing to test ranitidine products from multiple manufacturers following the discovery of impurities in low levels in some medicines, including Zantac.

Two lawsuits against the FDA have been resolved in a conclusion favorable to Endo International, which argued that vasporessin should be excluded from the agency’s compounding list.

Oprah Winfrey’s message is clear: the flu and pneumonia vaccines are important.

Johnson & Johnson and its Janssen Pharmaceutical Cos unit have agreed to a more than $10 million settlement, rather than allowing the matter go to federal trial.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which is a part of the National Institute of Health, has developed the Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs) program.

Why is a young patient using a topical steroid for vitiligo?

Officials from the FDA have approved the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson’s canagliflozin (Invokana) to reduce the risk of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and cardiovascular events in patients with Type 2 Diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD).

The NFID released data that revealed only 52% of adults in the country plan to get vaccinated against the flu this season.

The vitamin D and omega-3 clinical trial (VITAL) is the largest, most recent study to test this subject matter, with nearly 26,000 United States men and women participating in the trial.

The postponement of USP chapters , , and was applauded by the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists.

What caused the abdominal pain that lead to the bowel resection?

After some lots of ranitidine were found to contain small amounts of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), Novartis's Sandoz unit has announced that they are halting distribution of ranitidine (Zantac) products until the contamination concerns are resolved.

Officials from the FDA have announced an approved package size and package type limit for over-the-counter (OTC) brand-name tablet and capsule forms of loperamide.

Walgreens is set to be the first retailer in the US to test on-demand drone delivery services by partnering with Wing Aviation LLC, a member of the Alphabet family of companies.