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A dormitory for freshmen at prestigious Georgetown University was evacuated after a suspected meth lab was found in a room.

Herbal medicines marketed as weight loss aids have been found to include a drug withdrawn in Europe and US on safety grounds.

CVS/Pharmacy will pay $75 million to settle a case brought by federal prosecutors involving the sale of a key ingredient for the making of methamphetamine at its stores.

Pfizer Inc, the world's biggest drugmaker, has agreed to buy King Pharmaceuticals Inc for $3.6 billion, expanding its presence in the market for pain drugs.

FBI arrests 133 people, including more than 60 cops alleged to have provided security for drug operations, in Puerto Rico corruption case.

Cancer patients, brace yourselves. Many new drug treatments cost nearly $100,000 a year, sparking fresh debate about how much a few months more of life is worth.

Suspected drug hitmen shot and critically wounded a mayor-elect in Mexico on Friday, the second attack on a public official in less than 24 hours.

Rite Aid posted a wider quarterly loss as sales fell. The drug-store operator also cut its outlook for the current fiscal year.

Paris Hilton has been denied entrance into Japan and is returning home to the U.S.

Paris Hilton entered guilty pleas on two misdemeanor counts in a Las Vegas court and was placed on probation for a year Monday morning under a plea deal to settle a cocaine possession charge.