The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit invalidated on Friday the patent for the once-a-week version of Merck's blockbuster osteoporosis drug Fosamax. Under the ruling, generic competition ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the drug company Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., bringing to a close a decade-long legal battle that had stalled ...

In the United States, the safety of prescription drugs is overseen along two parallel pathways. Federal regulation is provided by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which works to ensure the ...

Mar. 23 -- WEDNESDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic equivalents of Fosamax (alendronate sodium), Merck & Co.'s osteoporosis drug. In a ...

My primary care doctor has prescribed the medication Evenity for my osteoporosis. I have been on Fosamax for about three ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 74-year-old man. I have a DEXA score of -3.3. I take 1,200 mg of calcium with vitamin D daily. I lift weights and swim two to three times a week. My doctor put me on Prolia, and ...