Drug firm Johnson & Johnson must pay $572m for its part in fueling Oklahoma's opioid addiction crisis, a judge in the US state has ruled.

A new study claims a so-called ‘polypill’ containing four different drugs can prevent heart attacks and strokes.

Pharmaceutical company Bayer is said to be proposing to pay as much as $8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits alleging its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer.

Ritalin, a drug used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appears to affect the development of the brain's signal-carrying white matter in children with the disorder, according to a study published in the journal Radiology. 

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A new report has found that just 28 percent of patient groups in the UK has a positive view of the pharma industry.

Almost 44 thousand dementia patients in the UK are being given antipsychotic drugs that increase the risk of strokes and death.