Forced drugs debated in Smart case
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A lawyer for a woman accused of helping kidnap teenager Elizabeth Smart told the state Supreme Court on Wednesday that his client shouldn't be forced to take antipsychotic drugs to make her competent for trial.
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Outside experts who advise the government on drugs and other regulated products often have financial ties to industry, creating the potential for conflicts of interest.
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Pain is difficult to measure, and those who treat pain sufferers have to make highly subjective decisions about dosage levels of drugs that can be abused or even resold. When a doctor gets it wrong, is that bad medicine â or a drug felony?
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A new drug that can treat patients with multiple sclerosis has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration but the high cost of the medication has some people concerned.
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Will the product patents regime lead to unsustainably high drug prices? A demonstration against patenting of drug products in Chennai.
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People who sell drugs near schools or use children to help them could get tougher  sentences under a new law.
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Two drug firms and a charity for people with Alzheimer&#39;s disease are mounting a legal challenge Monday against a British government watchdog&#39;s recommendations about anti-dementia drugs prescription.
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Importing cheaper drugs from up north isn't as simple as it seems
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Description: A Bush administration task force has raised serious doubts about whether drugs imported from abroad can be made safe.
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The company faces a pivotal clinical trial.
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The Supreme Court appeared divided Monday over whether the drugs commonly injected to execute prisoners risk causing excruciating pain in violation of the Constitution.
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Pharmaceutical companies and Alzheimer's patient advocates went to Britain's High Court on Monday in a bid to force the state-run health service to give all patients access to three drugs to treat the brain-destroying disease.
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In the digital age, there are few black-and-white rules. Rather, we live in an era of gray when it comes to technology and the law.  A federal case that was recently dismissed before it reached trial is the latest example.
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A Supreme Court that has been defending states&#39; rights and supporting a law-and-order agenda finds itself in a quandary. A medical marijuana case the court heard Monday pits the two interests against each other.
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By Tampone, Kevin  CICERO - Cancer research is daunting for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the massive number of substances that might be effective in future drugs.
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Even as Merck was deciding to withdraw the drug, there were medical experts arguing that it should not.
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People who sell drugs near schools or use children to aid them could get tougher  sentences under a new law.