Communist East Germany allowed Western drug companies to use its medical patients as unwitting guinea pigs for tests.

Leaked proposed provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement could affect our ability to treat chronic diseases, writes Briar Mannering.

It is not a binary question - will Pharmac survive or not? - but rather how might the rules it operates under change, writes Brian Fallow.

Many Kiwis are not getting free prescriptions they are entitled to and the most vulnerable are likely to be hardest hit when charges rise next year, researchers warn.

Ben Carson makes a difference in and out of the operating theatre, reports Andrew Stone.

A respected scientific group has recommended not using paracetamol to reduce flu-related fever.

Researchers have issued a new caution over the use of Champix quit-smoking tablets.