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Generic drugmaker Mylan NV has recalled about 81,000 EpiPen devices in countries outside the United States, following two reports of the life-saving allergy shot failing to work in emergencies.

India’s Union Health Ministry plans to create a digital platform to track and regulate sale of quality drugs in the country, according to a posting on Brand India Pharma*.

Shares of US pharma major Eli Lilly (NYSE.

Novartis's heart failure drug serelaxin flopped in a late-stage trial by not cutting cardiovascular death or slowing disease progression, marking the likely demise of a drug hopeful the Swiss firm...

US pharma major Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE.

Nektar Therapeutics said its experimental opioid, designed to achieve pain relief without the euphoria that can lead to abuse and addiction, succeeded in a key late-stage study.

Recent figures confirm a continuous rise in rates of overweight and obesity.

JERUSALEM — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries on Monday launched an authorized Generic of Minastrin 24 Fe (norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol tablets and ferrous fumarate tablets) 1 mg...

Two decades after they were spurred into action to tackle AIDS in Africa, global drugmakers said on Wednesday they would invest an initial $50 million over three years to fight cancer and other non-co...

China is considering taking measures that will shorten the time to market for approved imported drugs in an effort to ease a shortage of such medicines, according to the China Food and Drug Administra...

Pfizer China, a unit of Pfizer Inc.