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The drug rebellion fighting big pharma to save the NHS millions

Big pharma makes a killing off deadly diseases. Now people are fighting back, setting up buyers clubs and challenging patents, to curb global drug price gouging

Insight

Bifidobacterium bacteria

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Diabetes drug may work by changing gut bacteria makeup

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Number of hepatitis C infections in US at 15-year high

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A small class-action lawsuit could stop the US opioid epidemic

Analysis

Fingers rolling a marijuana joint

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A little cannabis every day might keep brain ageing at bay

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A statin pill

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Statin muscle aches are all in my head? I beg to differ

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Cancer Drug Fund didn’t deliver value ‘to patients or society’

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Cancer Drug Fund didn’t deliver value ‘to patients or society’

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Medical marijuana may be a salve for the US opioid epidemic

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Arkansas should halt execution spree and let its drugs expire

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Models of brain activity

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Psychedelic drugs push the brain to a state never seen before

Brain measurements have revealed that LSD, ketamine and psilocybin cause patterns of brain activity that are far more diverse than normal consciousness

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Psychedelic drug ayahuasca improves hard-to-treat depression

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Creative people physically see and process the world differently

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People on ecstasy feel loved-up because MDMA boosts trust

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Cheap stroke drug boosts pancreatic cancer survival in mice

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