Smart drugs fall short of cognitive enhancers

Recently, there has been an increase in the use of prescription stimulant drugs by students and employees to increase their academic and work productivity. While these drugs have been perceived to improve an individual’s cognitive function, the available evidence is inconclusive. Typically, improvements in cognition were seen only in the clinical population rather than the … Read more

Pharma giant could lose payment of $1.7 billion opioid deal as deal threatens to fall apart

Business From Shannon Taler June 16, 2023 | 9:44 The 125-year-old pharmaceutical giant behind morphine and codeine owes $200 million by day’s end Friday to an opioid victims’ compensation fund and could reportedly renege on payment as deal threatens to crumble . Mallinckrodt, which began manufacturing morphine, codeine and other potent painkillers in 1898, reached … Read more