WASHINGTON — Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, the powerful prescription painkiller that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic, will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges as part of a settlement of more than $ 8 billion, Justice Department officials announced Wednesday. The company will plead guilty to three counts, including… Read More: OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to 3 criminal charges »
Lead researcher for the project Dr Chris Chiu, from Imperial College London, said: “My team has been safely running human challenge studies with other respiratory viruses for over 10 years. No study is completely risk free, but the Human Challenge Programme partners will be working hard to ensure we make the risks as low as… Read More: UK plan to be first to run human challenge Covid… »
“Granny flat” is a term you will hear more often as the population ages and senior Australians increasingly choose to age with family instead of in an aged care facility. After all, they have had a lot of bad publicity recently. Granny flat is such a simple term that you may not give it a… Read More: Important things to consider before building a granny flat »
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Oct. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A recently approved rheumatoid arthritis medication appears to be an effective second-line therapy when biologic treatments start to fail, a new clinical trial reports. Arthritis sufferers treated with upadacitinib had a significantly greater reduction in their symptoms and disease activity than people treated… Read More: New Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug May Help Tough Cases »