The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced this week that bottles of sunscreen that have SPF values between 2 and 14 will be required to come with a warning stating that the product has not been shown to help prevent skin cancer or early skin aging.

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Because, I was wondering, and I thought you might be curious, too. Here is a screen, via FactSet, of the best-performing biotech and drug stocks over the year so far. I’ve taken some, but not many, efforts to screen out penny stocks.

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Novartis AG’s blood cancer drug INC424 could rake in annual sales of $1 billion, the group’s head of oncology told Reuters on Tuesday, in a boost to the Swiss drugmaker’s cancer pipeline….

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The FDA has placed its highest level of warning on pump fills used to gradually inject drugs into patients directly into the stomach treating chronic pain and severe spasticity. This recall is classified to “involve the potential of serious harm or death to patients.” A pocket fill is the inadvertent injection during a refill procedure of all or some of the prescribed drug into the patient’s subcutaneous tissue, which includes the pump pocket (area under the skin where the pump is placed), instead of the pump…

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Paris, France (AHN) – A Parkinson’s disease-afflicted father from France is suing GlaxoSmithKline, alleging that its drug Requip turned him into a gay sex addict and gambler.

Didier Jambart, 51, claimed Requip is defective for turning him into a gay sex addict, cross-dresser, gambler and thief after he began taking the drug in 2003.

According to Jambart, he also suffered psychological trauma after being raped.

In his suit, Jambart claims he developed an addiction to Internet gambling and started stealing money from his family to fund his casino games.

When he stopped taking Requip in 2005, Jambart said his addiction ended.

Jambart is seeking $610,000 in damages from the pharmaceutical company.

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The newest weapon in the fight against cancer is being tested right here in Arizona.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that prescription drugs containing acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, must update their labels to warn of possible liver damage.

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Federal health authorities are recommending the blockbuster drug Avastin no longer be used to treat breast cancer, saying recent studies failed to show the drug’s original promise to help slow the disease.

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Signs of growing drug resistance to mosquito-borne malaria raising concern

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U.S. researchers have uncovered several ways in which melanoma can outsmart a promising experimental cancer pill called PLX4032, a finding that could lead to new drugs to keep the deadly……

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