The FDA announced the recall of Solodyn yesterday, a drug used to treat inflammatory lesions of non-nodular moderate to severe acne vulgaris in patients 12 years of age and older.

California will be the first state to track prescription drugs, which includes attaching a serial number to each prescription bottle and recording how many times it exchanges hands.

Neupro, a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease, was recalled last week because of worries that the active ingredient was being released incorrectly into the patients skin.

Do generic drugs really work as well as their counterparts? That’s the question doctors, patients, are researchers across the country want to answer.