The former chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals cannot stay out of the spotlight.

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc. has filed for bankruptcy after the arrest of former CEO Martin Shkreli knocked the biotechnology company's brief revival off course.

Martin Shkreli terminated from drug company after being arrested on fraud charges.

The world's 'most hated CEO' who hiked the price of an essential drug by 5,000 per cent has likened himself to Robin Hood, John D Rockefeller, and the robber barons.

A reviled US pharmaceutical boss who caused a storm in September by jacking up the price of a life-saving drug by 5000 per cent has been arrested on fraud charges.

In New Zealand we have a love/hate relationship with Pharmac, the agency that decides which drugs our Government will pay for.

Two petitions are circulating for the funding of the new immunotherapy drug against melanoma, Keytruda.

Kiwis are waiting for more than 35 cost-effective medicines recommended by a Pharmac advisory committee, a lobby group for the pharmaceutical industry says.

Pharmac is possibly the most publicly respected body in this country.

The price for one year of perfect health for a NZ patient turned out to be $35,714 in Pharmac's funding of new medicines in the last financial year.

Researchers have developed a protein-based drug that offers a potential breakthrough treatment for those with severe brain and spinal cord injuries.

Two medical researchers are calling for tighter controls on paracetamol sales after their hospital audit found it is the drug of choice for self-harm, especially among teenage girls.

It was absolutely astounding to see kids were able to play more sports and had less wheezing and coughing.

Tim Groser has a sales job in front of him after the Trans-Pacific Partnership kept the doors open wide to foreign investment in Auckland's red hot housing market.

Most people will be more than aware that, like all public relations campaigns, this one will not reveal the full picture.

FRAN O'SULLIVAN: Geneva has the WTO. Brussels hosts the European Union. Will the Trans-Pacific Partnership put Auckland on the map?

The TPP could be improved after a few years, Trade Minister Tim Groser has said, acknowledging NZ lost against powerful forces that limited dairy sector rewards.

New Zealand and 11 other countries strike Pacific trade pact - a deal that will affect 40 per cent of world's economy.

Why everyone is lining up to take a shot at Martin Shkreli.

Turing Pharmaceuticals boss causes global outrage after purchasing the rights to AIDS drug and pushing up the price simply to make a profit.

New Zealand scientist Jilly Evans will have you believe it was luck that made her one of the world's leading researchers in the development of therapies for cancer and arthritis.

"Making normal sexuality into a medical problem is an easy PR task with enduring serious consequences for the health of NZ women."

Adherium wants to raise as much as A$35 million from Australian and Kiwi investors to help fund the commercial roll-out of its product and continue research and development.

Should we be dismayed or relieved at the disarray the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations are in? Sorry, but on the information to hand it is impossible to say.

A nurse who stole 5000 vials from a restricted medicine room was able to keep taking the drug because the hospital did not confiscate her ID swipe card.

The first drug that slows down Alzheimer's disease could be available within three years after trials showed it prevented mental decline by a third.

An active ingredient in a cream used to treat head lice and scabies has been linked to causing cancer and will be withdrawn from sale in New Zealand.

It's said to cure women's low libido by making sex more pleasurable. But with fears over side-effects, many doctors are sceptical.

New Zealand is heading towards a two-tier health system, and it could get a whole lot worse, writes George Laking.