Since 2010, prescriptions for OxyContin have fallen 40% in the U.S., which means the network of companies producing and marketing it need to move into new territory.
Lacking a better use for his time, Martin Shkreli—ex-pharmaceutical CEO and reprobate—planted himself outside of Chelsea Clinton’s New York City apartment on Sunday in order to heckle Hillary Clinton for feeling unwell.
Were you concerned about the rising price of Botox? I can’t tell by looking at you, but if you are, worry not! Brent Saunders, CEO of Allergan, has promised to refrain from ridiculous price hikes on his company’s drugs, which includes, among others, your precious Botulinum toxin.
A supplement that promises to be the new female Viagra is being snapped up by women in Britain.
If tired CBS sitcoms and hacky comedians are to be believed, ladies on they periods be crazy (chocolate & cats & wine & crying & Lifetime Original Movies & blanket clutching!). Now, thanks to the publication of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistics Manuel (the DSM V, for those of us who hate…
A month ago, the FDA approved the first pill meant to combat sexual dysfunction resulting from menopause. It's called Osphena, and it purports to cure dyspareunia (pain during sex) by augmenting the declining estrogen levels responsible for "vulvar and vaginal atrophy," a terrifying term that implies that menopause…
This morning on the Today show, NBC's Tom Costello filed a report about Americans' dependency on pills. Apparently we're taking more prescription meds than ever before — 16 million of us are on painkillers; 5 million on sleep aids; 18 million on anti-depressants.
Oh, Sepia Toned Lady Who Is Too Depressed to Look Out the Window! Ever since pharmaceutical companies got the go-ahead to market medication directly to consumers, she's been an advertising powerhouse. Sometimes she doesn't want to go camping. Sometimes she doesn't want to cook eggs. She never wants to play with the…
A troubling new development in a long-running pharmaceutical scandal in France has people wondering just how much power drug companies wield in the country. The Guardian's Angelique Chrisafis reports that victims of a controversial (read: fucking dangerous) ampehtamine-derived weight-loss pill called Mediator have…
If you suffer from extreme arterial crispiness, a fat-sodden liver, and a heart that looks like a rib-eye, then it's probably time to start getting high. Like, all the time. But hey, don't take my word for it — take science's.
The Jezebel inbox receives all sorts of interesting messages, from helpful tips to furious gibberish. Often, the missives strike us as poetic — in the chaos of the mailbag, we can find a sense of peace. As such, we have taken it upon ourselves to let some messages grow into the poetry they are meant to be. And we will…
Mitt Romney's unleashed some pretty tough anti-birth control talk this campaign season. He's stated repeatedly that he believes that life begins at conception, and that the morning after pill is murder. Interestingly enough, Mitt Romney's gigantic stock portfolio contains a fair amount of money actually invested in…
Pharmaceutical companies have long been jockeying to produce the next awesome weight-loss drug that will make you lose control of your bowels and die. The quest suffered a major setback in 2010 when two drugs were rejected for little things like wiping people's memories and giving rats cancer. But now both drugs are…
Yaz and Yasmin manufacturer Bayer is under fire yet again, this time for withholding key data about blood clot risks from the FDA. We decided to see how Bayer stacked up against other manufacturers where evil is concerned.
California Governor Jerry Brown just signed legislature that allows minors in the state to receive anti-STD vaccines without parental consent.
The company with a so-called female Viagra in progress has decided to give up. And plenty of people are actually relieved.
Pets act different on drugs. Anyone whose dog ever discovered pot brownies can corroborate this one. But antidepressants are increasingly being marketed to pets, because a drug company whose blockbuster drug just went generic can get a whole new patent when they make Prozac chewable and meat-flavored, and somehow this…
Breaking breakout news: Scientists say they have discovered a cure for acne. The drug, SMT D002, reduces the flow of sebum — an oil produced by the skin — by 90%. The pharmaceutical is in pill form right now, but researchers are working on a cream. While there don't appear to be any significant side-effects, let's…
Fibromyalgia. It sounds so daunting — like angina! which also sounds like vagina, or chlamydia. And if the pharmaceutical industry's multibillion-dollar marketing machine has any sort of pathway into your consuming psyche, you're probably aware of this hot new disease. Hasn't the industry gotten so much better at…
The pharmaceutical industry is sort of like women's magazines: staffed by blandly attractive people, determined to make you feel bad about yourself, and brimming with new ways to stop you from being fat! Unlike women's magazines, however, Big Pharma has come up with a few weight loss ideas that actually work, which is…
