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According to an ITV News report, the NHS is allegedly testing a cannabis-based product for the first time for arthritis treatment. The ‘MediPen’ is used to relieve pain from various [...]

Researchers have identified a brain mechanism that could be a drug target to help prevent tolerance and addiction to opioid pain medication, such as morphine, according to a study by Georgia [...]

A new study questions the effectiveness of using pictogram message on the labels of anxiety and sleep medications that interfere with driving – an approach that’s currently implemented across [...]

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a revised draft guidance to improve dietary supplement companies’ new dietary ingredient (NDI) premarket safety notifications to the agency. Under [...]

NICE has published draft guidance recommending anti-clotting drug ticagrelor 60mg with aspirin for people who have had a heart attack. In 2012/13 there were around 140,000 hospital admissions for [...]

Interviews carried out by the University of Manchester with GPs of parents whose children have died by suicide have revealed a lack of knowledge and confidence on how best to respond to and [...]

Scientists have identified a compound that can kill the parasites responsible for three neglected diseases: Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, and sleeping sickness. These diseases affect millions of [...]

The first new asthma pill for nearly 20 years has the power to significantly reduce the severity of the condition, a study led by the University of Leicester has found. The research was funded by [...]

In a paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers demonstrate that a system can be used to produce a single dose of treatment from a compact device containing a small [...]

A host of generic medicines – including 10 UK-marketed ones – have been suspended following a malpractice discovery at an Indian firm carrying out quality control checks on the drugs. Reported on [...]