DRUG Definition & Meaning

Access to medicines is essential for attainment of universal health coverage, which is central to achievement of the health-related Sustainable Development… Over 3 million annual deaths due to alcohol and drug use, majority among men UN Commission approves WHO recommendations to place psychoactive substances under international control WHO’s new guidance on maintaining opioid agonist maintenance […]

CMS Announces Selection of Drugs for Third Cycle of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Including First-Ever Part B Drugs

The phenomenon of resistance, in which infectious agents develop the ability to evade drug effects, has required an ongoing search for different agents. Antimicrobial agents often are effective against a specific microorganism or group of closely related microorganisms, and they often do not affect host (e.g., human) cells. These different classification systems can be confusing, […]