Lau mum on drug use for 'Protege' role
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Andy Lau may play a major narcotic dealer in the upcoming movie "Protege," but the Hong Kong star had little to say when asked if he had tried drugs to prepare for the role.
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A lawyer for the tobacco industry Thursday attempted to paint the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration as a man who seized upon a political environment that was hostile to the tobacco industry in order to advance his
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HONG KONG Tung Chee-hwa, the chief executive of Hong Kong, on Thursday ruled out trying to pass internal security legislation any time soon, a strong sign that his backers in Beijing have decided to take a conciliatory stance here after legislative
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Â· Inquiry slams mis-prescribing of drugsÂ· Doctors 'ignoring official guidelines'
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The drugmaker said it is weighing cost cuts that could eliminate 10 percent of its work force over a three-year period.
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Learn a lesson or two from the drugmaker's dance with the FDA.
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A doctor who first sounded an alarm about heart problems and the prescription pain killer Vioxx now is calling on the government to rein in aggressive prescription-drug advertising, a factor
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Senator Judd Gregg (USA) does not like the idea of a new independent bureau responsible for drug safety. He says all it would achieve would be more layers of FDA bureaucracy.
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An independent review of Houston's once-troubled crime lab concluded the city had eliminated many of the problems, but it recommended a special master be named to further review "major issues" in DNA and blood-analysis cases from the 1980s and '90s. City officials quickly rejected the recommendation.
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A US reporter has said she is reluctant to divulge a confidential source to prosecutors investigating the leaking of an undercover CIA agent&#39;s identity.
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The barman who served tea to murdered former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko has told The Sunday Telegraph that he was distracted while an assassin allegedly sprayed deadly poison into the drink.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is preventing an agency scientist from presenting the largest, most up-to-date study of popular painkillers like Bextra, Celebrex and Vioxx during an FDA meeting next week on heart risks posed by the drugs, a US senator charged.
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Thursday in Washington, the nation&#39;s drug czar and other officials kicked off a new campaign aimed at steering young drivers away from drugs and alcohol.
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The Prince of Wales's top aide on Sunday rejected claims made in a soon-to-be-aired documentary that the heir to the throne abused his position by &quot;meddling&quot; in domestic political affairs.
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A top adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said that Democrats should give more thought to Sen. Barack Obama's admissions of illegal drug use before they pick a presidential candidate.
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Thailand is still talking to three major drug firms about cutting the price of certain cancer drugs but might make the medicines itself if it does not receive adequate discounts, a top health official said on Tuesday.
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The U.S. congressional chairman who   pressured Major League Baseball in 2005 to crack down on   steroid use chided pro athletes for failing to do more to steer   children away from the performance-enhancing drugs.