Some young people in Britain have used drugs for dementia and other conditions to boost their mental performance, a major survey suggests.
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Leading Western pharmaceutical companies paid millions of pounds to former Communist East Germany to use more that 50,000 patients in state-run hospitals as unwitting guinea pigs for drug tests in which several people died.
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Western drug companies tested pharmaceuticals on more than 50,000 people in the former communist East Germany, often without the knowledge of patients, several of whom died, the Spiegel news weekly has reported.
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A third of new drugs for treating serious illnesses don’t offer any improvement on what is already available, according to Germany’s committee in charge of testing pharmaceutical innovations.
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A woman who has carried out a high-profile campaign for the rights of people suffering from muscle disease Pompe is also a consultant for the pharmaceuticals firm making the drug, the Volkskrant reports on Tuesday.
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A new list compiled by Drugs.com for the first quarter of 2013 shows that all but one of the seven drugs with billion in quarterly sales saw total sales gains. Only three of the wider list of the top 20 drugs in quarterly sales posted negative sales trends.
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As Obama visits Mexico, many are asking how uncorroborated testimony led to dubious cases against innocent officials, with apparent US approval, while drug cartels went undisturbed
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The head of Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service speaks about how the country intends to fight drug trafficking from Central Asia with the help of a new corporation. The jobs initiative will require million in its first phase.
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An influential group of cancer experts has warned that the high prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for cancer drugs are effectively condemning patients to death.
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Swedish police said Thursday they had found a “small amount” of drugs on Canadian pop star Justin Bieber’s tour bus while he was performing in Stockholm.
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