Hundreds of herbal medicinal products will be banned from sale in Britain next year.

Drug companies tried to get rid of Helen Clark when she was health minister, leaked US Embassy cables claim.

It is not yet a panacea for all ills, but it is getting close.

Drug-buying agency Pharmac is set to provide greater access to an expensive drug used to treat brain cancer.

Up to four patients in NZ have contracted a killer strain of a superbug which inhabits other bacteria.

NZ women have been warned to take care with painkillers during pregnancy, after a study found a link to potential fertility problems in baby boys.

Scientists have raised serious concerns about the widespread use of one of the world's most common painkillers.

Thousands of bottles of industrial bleach have been sold across NZ as a miracle cure for cancer and HIV, sparking a health warning.

A review of the weight loss drug found the risks to patients outweighed the benefits, Medsafe's principal clinical advisor said today.

Lots of people start new businesses. Not so many sell them for more than $10 million. Two sisters tell Christine Nikiel how they did it - and why lunch matters.

Two drug companies which market popular painkillers have given each other a headache over the advertising of one of the drugs.