Your prescription may be involved. The FDA explains why suddenly stopping your medication is more harmful than taking it.

Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.

FRANKFURT () -Swiss drugmaker Novartis, on a deal-making spree this year, reported a 6% gain in operating income as growth of its new drugs outpaced stagnant revenue from established heart drug Entresto.