Canada must do more to ensure it has access to the drugs, including any potential vaccine, needed in the battle against COVID-19, says Joel Lexchin of York University.

The National Farmers Union says the new deal's extended patent protection for new pharmaceuticals must be reduced so that less expensive generic versions of new drugs can be available to consumers sooner.

Drug reps are swaying the prescribing habits of Canadian doctors — and their patients are often unaware.

Pharmacogenetics uses a person's DNA as a guide to understanding how their body reacts to certain drugs and what dosages are best. Is this the future of prescribing medicine?

Artist Domenic Esposito is protesting the opioid crisis by placing a giant sculpture of a burnt spoon in front of the offices of a Rhode Island pharmaceutical company.

The Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists says 82 per cent of reported errors were caught and corrected before they ever reached the patient.

A vaccine maker in China has been accused of falsifying inspection records for its rabies vaccine, sparking fear among parents about the potential impact on their young children.

U.S. prosecutors say Canada Drugs’ business model is based entirely on illegally importing unapproved and misbranded drugs not just from Canada, but from all over the world.

A new pricing arrangement that goes into effect April 1 will see prices on almost 70 generic drugs drop by 40 per cent.

Sunfish downstream from the Dundas Wastewater Treatment Plant burned 30 per cent more energy to survive.