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 ...

A federal judge in Trenton has dismissed the last remaining 570 cases in multidistrict litigation over Merck's osteoporosis drug Fosamax, but the cases could be reinstated if plaintiffs win an appeal ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My primary care doctor has prescribed the medication Evenity for my osteoporosis. I have been on Fosamax for about three years, but my recent bone density scan went down slightly in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by Merck in litigation over osteoporosis drug Fosamax. The ruling ends a legal fight that has stalled the Fosamax MDL for over a ...

We eat healthy and exercise as regularly as we can to stay strong and ward off osteoporosis-but should the prescription drug Fosamax be part of our bone-boosting arsenal? Keep reading for a top ...

NEW YORK, May 5 (Reuters) - A federal jury in New York on Wednesday found that a woman who claimed she was harmed by Merck & Co's osteoporosis drug Fosamax did not suffer from a serious jaw condition ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have read in your previous columns that you have been cautionary about taking medications like Fosamax. I hope you can help me with my situation. I am 76 years old. I took Fosamax ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal judge refused on Friday to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Merck & Co Inc's osteoporosis drug Fosamax caused jaw damage to an Indiana woman during the nearly ...

Whitehouse Station-based Merck & Co. notched another victory yesterday in its marathon Fosamax fight, but the drug-maker still has literally thousands of cases to go. Whitehouse Station-based Merck & ...