Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals rose 8% in off-hours trading after the pharmaceutical company won U.S. approval for the [first new non-opioid painkiller in decades]( ...

Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin. The U.S. Food ...

U.S. officials have approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated ...

The drug, shown to be almost as effective as opioids for short-term pain, is the first fundamentally new kind of painkiller ...