Top company executives pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor “misbranding” charge at that time. Federal prosecutors said the company knew of “significant” abuse of OxyContin soon...
WASHINGTON — Although the federal government is moving to police the multibillion-dollar business of electronic cigarettes, how they end up being regulated — and when...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday recommended tighter controls on how doctors prescribe the most commonly used narcotic painkillers. The change would reduce...
While the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., prompted the National Rifle Association to point a finger at violent video games, the firearms and electronic-game industries...
Over the past decade, the number of prescriptions for the strongest opioids has increased nearly fourfold, with only limited evidence of their long-term effectiveness or...
The most widespread medical-implant failure in decades — involving thousands of all-metal artificial hips that need to be replaced prematurely — has entered a new...
Allies of the medical-device industry are waging a campaign to discredit a coming report by one of the country's pre-eminent scientific groups that examines possible...