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A senior pharmaceuticals executive has called on the government to come up with a “proper” roadmap for raising spending on new medicines, saying Britain is “not…

Snapchat has been accused by a Danish research organisation of leaving an “overwhelming number” of drug dealers to openly operate on Snapchat, making it easy for…

Your article (Doctors find drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks, 31 August) is of great interest. It cites a study that proposes…

The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has suggested that Biden-era regulations expanding access to abortion pills could be rolled back because the Biden administration…

James CookScotland editor Getty ImagesScotland has seen high numbers of people dying from drug misuse for the last seven years Official figures suggest that Scotland remains…

Doctors have found a drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks and strokes, in a discovery that could transform health guidelines worldwide.For decades,…

Doctors are hailing a new pill for patients with high blood pressure resistant to existing medication as a “gamechanger” and a “triumph of science”.Globally, more than…

Some patients taking the weight-loss drug Mounjaro have told BBC News they are struggling to obtain the medicine, and are worried about the impact on their…

The manufacturer of the weight loss drug Mounjaro has paused shipments to the UK before a significant price rise for the treatment next month.The US pharmaceutical…

Wes Streeting has intensified his battle with drug companies over the price of their products, saying he will not let the industry rip off British patients…