The world’s largest drug developer wants to open a 400,000-square-foot, $100 million clinical testing facility in Chandler by 2008.

The world’s largest drug developer wants to open a 400,000-square-foot, $100 million clinical testing facility in Chandler by 2008.

Tempe-based OrthoLogic Corp. announced Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted an investigational new drug application that may help reduce scarring of skin.

Two Scottsdale residents named in a federal indictment Thursday involving a fraudulent drug distribution scheme could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine each if convicted of the offenses.

Arizona legislators on Tuesday will review Attorney General Tom Horne’s plan for use of the state’s $6 million share of a multistate settlement with the drug company Johnson & Johnson.

The next time you search the Internet for medications, watch out -- there's a chance you'll be diverted to an illegal online pharmacy website.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given special status to a drug in development at the University of Arizona that researchers say offers hope for a valley fever cure.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given special status to a drug in development at the University of Arizona that researchers say offers hope for a valley fever cure.

WASHINGTON - The government is considering setting higher standards for birth control drugs used by millions, saying that newer pills appear to be less effective at preventing pregnancy than those approved decades ago.

Carol and Kenneth Dingee used to travel through Yuma to Los Algodones, Mexico, for the prescription drugs they can't afford in the United States. Then the Mesa couple became hobbled by age and disabilities.

October 12, 2004

WASHINGTON - The recent outbreak of E. coli in spinach from California exposed a weakness in the nation's food chain: A system that quickly delivers meat, fruits and vegetables to consumers just as easily can spread potentially deadly bacteria.

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration will establish a new independent Drug Safety Oversight Board to monitor FDA-approved medicines once they're on the market and update physicians and patients with emerging information on risks and benefits.

NEW YORK - Shares of Scottsdale-based Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., which makes skin medications, fell sharply to a new annual low after Impax Laboratories challenged a patent for its Solodyn drug for the treatment of acne.

A Scottsdale biotechnology company will present its first drug, meant to fight lymphoma, at a world conference on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration warned Friday that three asthma drugs may increase the risk of severe asthma attacks and even death.

TUCSON - Researchers at the University of Arizona are set to begin human clinical trials on a drug they hope will cure valley fever.

WASHINGTON - The manufacturer of a breast cancer drug, letrozole, is warning fertility doctors that it has been associated with birth defects, a caution prompted by reports that the drug was being used to help a woman become pregnant.

WASHINGTON - The government pledged Monday to expedite manufacturing of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu as its maker negotiates with other companies to boost production. The drug is in high demand as countries prepare for a possible bird-flu outbreak.

Few, if any, patients who check into the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute for surgery or chemotherapy will give a moment's thought to whether its medicine cabinet is stocked.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Breast cancer survivors risk having their disease come back if they use certain antidepressants while also taking the cancer prevention drug tamoxifen, worrisome new research shows.