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NORMAN, Okla. — A drug being tested at one of Oklahoma’s two research universities is proving to decrease symptoms related to post-traumatic stress disorder.

The programs vary in size but are often run by charitable pharmacies, nonprofits, or governments, and keep drugs out of landfills or incinerators.

The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated six TETFund-sponsored projects worth N2.8 billion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, Anambra State. Inaugurating the projects, Mr Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, said the structures would enhance teaching, learning and improvement of academic standards in the university. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) rep

Editor’s note: In May 2017 the Nevada legislature and governor approved Senate Bill 91 establishing a Prescription Drug Donation Program in the state. The Research Division of the Legislative Counsel

The ongoing review of the EU Pharmaceutical Legislation is looking at recalibrating IP incentives. Intellectual Property fuels medical innovations from the research bench to the patient’s bedside.

As Director of the Lymphoma Clinical Research program at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Dr. Jason Westin regularly witnesses the power of life saving cancer drugs, but because generic cancer drugs are often in shortage in the United States, he and his patients have been put in a terrible position.

(CNN) — As director of the Lymphoma Clinical Research program at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Dr. Jason Westin regularly witnesses the power of lifesaving cancer drugs. But because

Drug donation programs keep pills out of landfills and put them in the hands of low-income patients.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn noted that Vanderbilt in Nashville has to dedicate more than 100 staff members to managing and mitigating disruptions caused by shortages.

Drug donation programs take unopened, unexpired medications from health care facilities, private residents, pharmacies or prisons and re-dispense them to...