Medications/Medicines News

Vaccines against all ills

From malaria, tuberculosis and Aids to Alzheimer's disease, pandemic flu and grass allergies, you name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.

Online gangs sell fake H1N1 drugs

Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said.

Too many antibiotics a danger

Overuse of antibiotics is building widespread resistance and threatening to halt vital medical treatments such as intensive care for premature babies and cancer therapies.

Healing in horrors

Some of the creepiest, deadliest creatures that roamed the night this Halloween are also teaching medical science new ways to heal.

Old drugs the future of medicine?

Shaping the future of personalised medicine is not all about developing expensive new drugs- it will also mean revisiting older, cheaper medicines armed with new genetic knowledge.

Kids often react badly to meds

Statistics show that every year millions of children suffer bad reactions to medication, and the problem is worryingly common as research from the US confirms.

Dangerous pain meds popular in SA

Two combination painkilling medications, both containing propoxyphene, are among the top 50 products reimbursed by medical schemes in South Africa.

Antibiotics used too readily

There is an increase in resistance to antibiotics, and we are seeing the emergence of 'super bugs', or bacteria that are resistant to all available antibacterial medications.

Blood test to show antibiotic need

A simple blood test may be able to help doctors determine which patients need antibiotics and which do not.

Pfizer pays $2.3 bln settlement

Pfizer Inc has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge relating to promotions of a pain medicine and will pay a record $2.3 billion to settle allegations of improperly marketing.