The Avandia issue has shed light on important issues in FDA regulation, including politics and regulating the practice of medicine.

The process of treating HIV patients in Africa has improved markedly due to cooperation between pharmaceutical companies, which has led to increasing access to higher quality medicines.

Last June, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued the maker of an antidepressant for withholding unfavorable information about the safety and effectiveness of a drug. The suit, filed in the New York Supreme Court and settled this summer, claimed that GlaxoSmithKline conducted at least five studies on the...

If the United States continues to become more like Europe, there will be no nation left for others to free-ride off of.

A new book offers an engaging account of the burgeoning field of gerontology, the study of aging and of medicinal tools to block its unwanted effects, and makes clear that a few adventurous researchers are still searching for the elusive fountain of youth.

The United States can avoid national security threats by being better prepared for pandemic flu.

More public education would help stem the problem of fake pharmaceuticals--restricting Internet trade would not.

The United States has been reluctant to purchase and distribute genericAIDS treatments,and this caution has been vindicated.