Viagra for Women Needs FDA Approval


A new medicine on the scene that imitates the effects of Viagra in females instead of males is making the rounds. It has not appeared in the market yet but the FDA and regulators are in talks...

Pfizer Starts Testing For Over-The-Counter Lipitor


Looking backward to improve its future, Pfizer will once again try to gain FDA approval to market its blockbuster drug, atorvastatin (Lipitor), over-the-counter (OTC). Peter Loftus reports in...

Merck’s Vorapaxar Gets Positive FDA Review


A few years ago a novel antiplatelet agent from Merck seemed all but dead. Vorapaxar, a thrombin receptor antagonist, was widely thought to have no future after unacceptably high serious bleeding...