President Trump signed an executive order Monday that will attempt to bring down the cost of some drugs in the United States — but why are drug prices so high to begin with? On average, Americans pay almost three times as much for prescription drugs as people in other high-income countries like the U.

GSK is acquiring an experimental medicine from a Cambridge biotech to shore up its drug pipeline and muscle into the promising field of liver therapies.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it has approved the expanded use of Merck's cancer drug to treat two rare types of adrenal gland tumors. The drug, Welireg, became the first FDA-approved oral treatment for pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL),

President Donald Trump in an interview with FOX News host Sean Hannity called out the European Union for "screwing" the United States on drug prices. HANNITY: They spend billions of dollars. And put aside whether or not people demonize big pharma,

US drug deaths plunged in 2024, according to federal data published Wednesday, offering hope that public health measures are paying off even as the toll remains high.

Wednesday trading after the biotech clinched a partnership with Wegovy and Ozempic parent Novo Nordisk to collaborate on oral obesity and Type 2 diabetes medicines. Oral obesity medication could offer an alternative to injectable medications,

Three children have been taken to hospital after a vape was suspected to have been laced with illegal drugs. Police were called to Unity City Academy on Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough - which caters for 11- to 16-year-olds - at about 09:00 BST, following reports of three pupils becoming unwell.