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FDA greenlights first drug for severe frostbite: ‘Very important approval’

That may have been the case with Frostbite. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first medicine to treat severe frostbite, authorities announced this week. The drug iloprost (trade name Allmin) is intended to reduce the risk of finger and foot amputation due to: dangerously cold limb. Need a “winter reset”? Experts share the benefits […]

FTC probing drug ‘middlemen’ over generic shortages at hospitals

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking information about the role of drug distributors and other companies that buy drugs for U.S. hospitals over shortages of generic drugs such as chemotherapy drugs and antibiotics, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday. It was announced on . The freedom of information request by the agency and the Department […]

Drug gang busted for killing, dismembering five in Cancun

Six drug gang members were arrested Monday in the Mexican tourist town of Cancun on suspicion of killing and dismembering five people with machetes and burying the remaining three in shallow graves, prosecutors said. Quintana Roo State Police say six men are involved in the grizzly bear murder. The incident first came to light on […]

Federal judge tosses PhRMA lawsuit challenging Medicare drug negotiations

A federal judge in Texas on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the pharmaceutical industry lobby group PhRMA challenging the Biden administration’s Medicare drug price negotiations. The ruling marks a modest victory for the Biden administration, marking the first time a court has completely rejected a challenge to Medicare’s new price-negotiating powers. Eight other lawsuits […]

Los Angeles Woman Dies In Crossfire Between Rival Drug Dealers In Mexico

A Los Angeles woman was killed in a shootout between two rival drug traffickers at a beach club in Mexico on Friday, the Daily Mail reported. Niko Honalbakhsh, 44, was shot dead during the ordeal. according to to the Daily Mail. The shooting occurred just after 6:30 p.m. local time and left Honalbakhsh and another […]