The new pill, developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, is intended for short-term pain relief following surgery or injury, the Associated Press reported. While it provides a long-awaited alternative ...

The US medicines regulator approved a new type of pain pill that aims to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with medications that launched the US into an opioid epidemic more ...

Optum Rx, the pharmacy benefit manager owned by UnitedHealth Group, placed Journavx on some of its commercial formularies in ...

The new pill is intended for short-term pain relief following surgical procedure or injury. The new pill, developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, is intended for short-term pain relief following surgery ...

When Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced last month that its pain pill had received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it marked a major breakthrough in the hunt for new ...

Millions of women could be offered complete relief from period pain by a new pill. It totally suppresses monthly bleeding while acting as a contraceptive, research suggests. At the moment ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. federal officials have approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin ...

The long quest for powerful non-opioid drugs that treat pain without risk of addiction is nearing a milestone, in the form of a pill that could soon win approval from the Food and Drug Administration ...

(Vertex Pharmaceuticals via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid ...

The new drug will carry a list price of $15.50 per pill, making it many times more expensive than comparable opioids, which are often available as generics for $1 or less.