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The drumbeat is growing louder. Covert operations are supposed to remain just that, but on Wednesday Donald Trump confirmed that he had approved secret CIA actions…

President Donald Trump announced the latest addition to his personal branding empire this week: TrumpRx, a government website that claims it will offer deeply discounted drugs…

The UK is “determined to solve” its standoff with the pharmaceutical industry and reverse a 10-year decline in NHS spending on medicines, the science minister has…

Kumail JafferLocal Democracy Reporting ServicePA MediaA weekly injection makes people feel less hungry, reducing their foot intakeSenior doctors have warned there is severe inequality within London…

More than five decades ago, Richard Nixon launched a “war on drugs”. The drugs won. Now Donald Trump is turning a failed metaphor into a worse reality.On…

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…

1. MedicineDoctors in Madrid hailed a new pill for patients with high blood pressure resistant to existing medication as a “gamechanger” and a “triumph of science”.Globally,…

Weight loss drugs can reduce by half the risk of heart patients being hospitalised or dying early, according to the largest study of its kind.The class…

Pritti MistryBusiness reporter, BBC NewsPA MediaNHS patients will lose access to new cutting-edge treatments because of skyrocketing costs, the pharmaceutical giant Novartis has claimed amid a…

Malawi is facing a critical shortage of tuberculosis drugs, with health officials warning that stocks will run out by the end of September.It comes just months…