The Drug Controller General of India has banned the production of tapentadol and carisoprodol after they were found to be illegally exporte...

McKinsey & Co. agreed to a $650 million settlement with the DOJ, resolving a criminal investigation into their role in advising Purdue Phar...

CVS said Wednesday it had agreed to pay about $5 billion over 10 years, and Walgreens disclosed in a filing with the US Securities and Exch...

US pharmacy chains CVS Health and Walgreens said Wednesday they had reached preliminary agreements to together pay more than $10 billion to...

J&J has always excluded certain one-time costs such as litigation expenses from its calculation of stock payouts to executives, an approach...

If you believe that drug abuse can’t be compared to the Covid-19 pandemic, do browse through India’s first-ever large-scale, nationwide sur...

McKinsey suggested ways to “turbocharge” sales of Purdue’s OxyContin painkiller at a time when the legal market for the opioid-based medici...

Walmart says in the suit that the Justice Department identified hundreds of doctors who have written problematic prescriptions that Walmart...

“The chairperson, NCPCR recommended to examine the issue to notify the drug under Schedule H 1 of Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945,” another...

In both Punjab and Haryana, drug addiction is a major political issue as well. While 18 of the 22 districts in Punjab are among those ident...

J&J's shares rose about two percent to USD 130 in after-market trade following the decision.

The total market size of opioid-based painkillers is estimated at $24 billion, with Fentanyl and Oxycontin being some of the commonly presc...

"I never imagined that my life's journey could bring me here today," Grewal, 44, said during his confirmation hearing in front of the Senat...

Commonly prescribed painkillers may also cause sleep deprivation.

These drugs work on the brain’s reward system, which gives the user “positive sensation” and euphoria.

In 2010, according to the INCB, 99% of the global production of licit opium—580 tonnes—occurred in India.

A new handheld device that can quickly deliver a life-saving antidote for opioid overdose, including heroin has been approved by the US Foo...