Aug. 14, 2024 — More than a quarter of Australians over the age of 50 take cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent heart disease and strokes, but our bodies also need cholesterol to survive.

Novartis' cholesterol-lowering drug Leqvio will be made available on the NHS in England and Wales, and could help to prevent up to 30,000 deaths, according to NICE.

Early research suggests GLP-1 drugs could prevent or treat Alzheimer's Disease. Results from a big clinical trial could soon confirm that.

If it makes it through development, VERVE-101 could provide a one-off alternative to a lengthening list ... PCSK9 drug MK-0616 will find a role, as it can be dosed alongside current cholesterol ...

President Trump rescinded a Biden-era Executive Order that would have lowered the copays for some drugs to $2 for Medicare ...

Blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic top the list of 15 drugs selected for the second round of federal price negotiations, which are scheduled to begin this year ...

A major new study has revealed a long list of benefits and some little-known risks of Ozempic and other GLP-1 medications.

China’s healthcare regulator has pledged to investigate the quality of drugs under a new list covered by national insurance, after policy advisers in Shanghai warned that they might be substandard.

The largest, most ethnically diverse, study of its kind has flagged hundreds of genetic variants that play a role in ...

Blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic is on the list. That means the federal government and the pharmaceuticals industry are about to go head-to-head once again. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...