Supernus Pharmaceuticals has said its candidate SPN-820, demonstrated a “rapid and substantial” effect in a Phase IIa trial ...

For the first time, scientists have developed a drug that works on both major aggregation-promoting 'hotspots' of the Tau protein in the brain -- a key driver of neurodegeneration. The drug ...

Specifically, MAOI is an inhibitor of an enzyme called monoamine oxidase. "Inhibitor" means the drug blocks monoamine oxidase from performing its usual function. The enzyme monoamine oxidase removes ...

Paxil in 2005, and Zoloft in 2006. Prozac, Luvox, and Wellbutrin have already lost patent protection. However, the extent to which a strategy relying on the use of less costly generic options will ...

US pharmaceutical giant Gilead said Wednesday it had signed licensing deals with six generic drugmakers to produce and sell its HIV prevention medicine in lower-income countries. The announcement ...

Many middle-income countries are left out of the deal, widening a gulf in access to critical medicines. By Stephanie Nolen Stephanie Nolen has covered the global H.I.V. pandemic for more than 25 ...

Generic drugs gave Americans access to effective, cheap prescription medications. It’s saved them trillions of dollars over the past few decades. But there are signs this vital industry may be in deep ...

But a generic version of this popular medication, sildenafil, is now widely available from several drug manufacturers at a fraction of the cost. Read on to find out more about this cheaper Viagra ...

Here’s our process. Viagra and its generic version, sildenafil, can be effective treatments for erectile dysfunction. But both medications require a prescription. A tester goes through our picks ...

Police forces report large seizures of the drug, but global rates of production are high, and the wholesale price of a kilogram of ketamine is believed to have fallen from £8,000 to £5,000.

Harry Sumnall receives funding from public grant awarding bodies for alcohol and other drugs research, and fees from (international) not-for-profit organisations and government departments for ...