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NIH grant aims to develop new drug to treat acute arthritis

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.5 million Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant jointly to a small West Virginia-based business ExesaLibero Pharma and West Virginia University, as its primary academic partner, to continue developing a new drug to treat acute arthritis.

Buying emergency contraception is legal but not always easy at small, mom-and-pop pharmacies

According to a new study led by West Virginia University researcher Amie Ashcraft, chain pharmacies in West Virginia—like CVS and Walmart—are much more likely to stock emergency contraception than smaller independent pharmacies. It was available at 76.3 percent of the chain pharmacies her research team queried, whereas only 14.6 percent of independent pharmacies had it on hand.