Why do pharmaceutical companies charge exorbitant rates for their products but then give them away for free or virtually no cost to most patients, regardless of income, through patient assistance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you take aspirin for a headache, how does the aspirin know to travel to your head and alleviate the pain? The short answer is ...

On this week’s JOURNAL, Bill Moyers spoke with Melody Petersen, an independent journalist who formerly covered the drug industry for the NEW YORK TIMES and is author of OUR DAILY MEDS: HOW THE ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: How do pharmaceutical companies arrive at the names of their drugs? -- M.G. ANSWER: Every new drug starts with three names: a chemical name, a generic name and a brand name. The ...

The Trump Administration has implemented or proposed a broad range of tariffs, including on pharmaceuticals. These tariffs are intended to serve as a bargaining chip with other countries, promote ...

Drug company Merck is suing the United States government in an attempt to undercut drug price negotiations laid out by the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The crux of Merck's ...