The FDA’s independent vaccine advisers unanimously voted Thursday to recommend that U.S. flu shot formulations for the next respiratory virus season mirror those embraced by the World Health ...

WASHINGTON — Take the generic drug clonidine for high blood pressure? Double-check that you didn't leave the drugstore with Klonopin for seizures, or the gout medicine colchicine. Mixing up drug names ...

As Hashimoto’s Disease Awareness Day continues to grow in national recognition, Clayman Thyroid Center remains committed to improving thyroid health literacy and ensuring that individuals living with ...

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They were the sort of disturbing discoveries that anyone taking generic medication would want to know. At one Indian factory manufacturing drugs for the United States, pigeons infested a storage room ...

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When your pharmacy offers a lower-cost generic version of your prescription, do you wonder if it really is the same? A generic drug is essentially a duplicate of a brand name medication, without the ...

Neurologists think more in terms of drug class and indication than in brand names, according to a ZoomRx survey with implications for how marketers communicate with physicians. ZoomRx surveyed 57 ...