Pharmaceuticals

New guidelines on the use of statins to lower cholesterol hold the promise to dramatically increase the number of Americans who take those drugs.

New guidelines say not to focus too much on your cholesterol levels.

Data show the vaccine is modestly effective against malaria.

It's not just a problem in developing nations either.

A new study from the New England Journal of Medicine raises new questions about what happens to men in middle age.

A look at the modestly growing market for sleeping pills in the U.S.

Amgen and AstraZeneca have both snapped up smaller firms that make cancer drugs.

China alleges British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline bribed Chinese doctors. But so does everyone else, say longtime observers. Why is China singling out GSK?

One of the Vivus' latest tactics is to market its drug straight to consumers. Starting this fall, you'll see Qsymia ads in magazines and on television. But it may still be too expensive for some.

China’s security ministry claims executives of the British drug company GlaxoSmithKline have confessed to bribery charges.