The AP analysis found that Medicaid paid nearly $198 million from 2004 to 2007 for more than 100 unapproved drugs, mostly for common conditions such as colds and pain. Data for 2008 were not available but unapproved drugs still are being sold. The AP checked the medications against FDA databases, using agency guidelines to determine if they were unapproved. The FDA says there may be thousands of such drugs on the market.
Govt pays millions for unapproved drugs
At the MAHA Institute's "Mental Health & Overmedicalization Summit" in the nation's capital, the Health and...
The Supreme Court on May 4 reinstated mail-order access to the widely used abortion drug mifepristone,...
