Fake and diverted medicines are reaching UK patients through cloned pharmacy websites and social media – here’s how to spot them.
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A new FDA fast-track program could undermine the agency’s role as a global drug safety authority.
You can have a severe allergic reaction to this herbal medicine even if you’ve previously taken it without any problems.
Before Canada decides to rely on foreign drug regulators to approve new medicines, Health Canada needs to show that it will improve public health.
The drug information sheets that the FDA requires companies to produce are living documents that get updated with new information.
As the generics market for a particular drug gets crowded, competition on price might be driving quality issues that could harm patients.
This recall affects America’s most prescribed drug. It’s the latest in a series of concerning manufacturing issues that have come to light over the past few years.
The pharmacist will see you now. Will a proposal for pharmacists to work out of GP clinics really work? Here’s what we know so far.
From nausea and vomiting to brain swelling and erection problems. These are just some of the side effects of melanotan-II.
Aggressive and misleading marketing is fuelling demand for medicinal cannabis. Here are some of the ways clinics bend the rules.
Commonly used antihistamines in young children can lead to serious side effects including hyperactivity, aggression and hallucination. But there are safer alternatives.
Ketamine is steadily becoming the drug of choice for many people in the party scene. Here’s how to keep you and your mates safe.
Long-term use of proton pump inhibitor drugs have been linked to kidney problems and cancer.
If you want to know more about a drug, Health Canada provides information online through several websites. However, some information appears to be getting harder to find.
The US Food and Drug Administration has reported that the decongestant phenylephrine, taken in oral form, does not work.
Horseshoe crabs play a unique role in medicine, but they’re also ecologically important in their home waters along the Atlantic coast. Can regulators balance the needs of humans and nature?
Health Canada continues to monitor newly approved drugs to determine if the benefits identified in the pre-market trials hold up to further scrutiny. Canadians need better access to that information.
As the government’s oldest consumer protection agency, the FDA has long butted up against drugmakers, activists and politicians. But undermining its work could be harmful to patient health and safety.
When drugs are taken off the market because they are either unsafe or don’t work, do pharma companies admit that there are problems? Or do they deny the evidence?
It is important that herbal medicine be checked for its safety, its potential to treat particular ailments, and to ascertain its chemical components.
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Associate professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; York University, Canada; University of Sydney
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Associate Professor of Comparative Effectiveness and Outcomes Research, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Professor in Pharmaceutical Policy, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney
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Reader in Clinical Pharmacology and Medical Education, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Research Manager, University of Sydney and Honorary Assistant Professor, Bond University
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
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Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
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Professor in Developmental Biology, University of Aberdeen
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Emeritus Professor of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice and Digital Public Health, Kingston University
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Research Fellow in African Studies, University of Edinburgh