'Special report: Prescription medicines (Independent)Each year, Britons are dying in their thousands because of the side effects of prescription and over-the-counter medicines. Reported deaths are up 155 per cent in a decade ? and experts are seeking new safeguards. Nina Lakhani reports
'Walgreen Sued by Couple Claiming Wrong Prescription (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, was sued by a Missouri couple who claimed they lost their baby after a prescription for pre-natal vitamins was filled with a chemotherapy drug carrying a similar brand name.