SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) announces results from a Phase 1b clinical trial with LGD-6972 that demonstrate favorable safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics in normal healthy volunteers and in […]

In the late 1990s, former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca handed more than $10 million to Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) scientist Denise Faustman and instructed her to transform an ancient tuberculosis […]

SEOUL, South Korea–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.(KSE: 128940) made an oral presentation on the non-clinical results of once weekly insulin and GLP-1 combination drug ‘LAPSInsulin Combo’ at the 75th American […]

On Thursday, June 4, an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted 18-6 to recommend that the agency approve flibanserin (fluh-BANCE-uh-rin), a non-hormonal drug acting on brain chemistry […]

Using exercise to maximize health and well-being is a proverbial no-brainer. But how much? What’s the right “dose” of movement? Lots of relevant research has been done, which is great. […]

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On Friday, May 22, an 18-member team of physicians and nurses from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) led […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers needed Kyrie Irving. Teammates pressed him to play. But did they push him so far his knee broke? Irving suffered a fractured kneecap on Thursday night, ending […]

Some health insurers are proposing big premium hikes in 2016, up to 51%. These increases will probably get whittled down but could still be painful for consumers who don’t shop for best […]

MERS, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, has stoked fast-rising anxiety in South Korea about a disease for which there is no known cure. Nearly 1,200 Korean schools have shut down for […]

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