Suggestions that the U.S. should emulate other countries on drug price controls or patents obscure how our present policies ...

UB neuroscientists have identified the binding site of low-dose ketamine, providing critical insight into how the medication ...

A lot of Amgen's future rides on its experimental obesity medicine MariTide. At least in the minds of investors. Ahead of the ...

Whether these departments get the money will be decided later, but the Scene listened in on requests from the Department of ...

Drug discovery is the process through which potential new medicines are identified. It involves a wide range of scientific disciplines, including biology, chemistry and pharmacology. Synthesis and ...

In the setting of this urgency, drug repurposing emerged as a powerful strategy for identifying potential treatments -- utilizing medications already available on pharmacy shelves around the world.

Drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster Ozempic can cut drug and alcohol abuse by up to 50% according to a new study, adding to mounting evidence that the drugs yield health benefits beyond ...

Federal officials have celebrated a striking drop in drug overdoses across the country. But state-level data shows that Black people are suffering significantly worse outcomes than white people.

Every day seems to bring more exciting news. First the drugs tackled diabetes. Then, with just an injection a week, they took on obesity. Now they are being found to treat cardiovascular and ...

Those substances included "pink cocaine" – a recreational drug that typically is a mix of several drugs including methamphetamine, ketamine, MDMA and others – as well as cocaine ...

Researchers are studying streptothricin, an old antibiotic, for its potential to fight drug-resistant superbugs. The ...

One of the most prominent medical developments in recent years has been the emergence of a class of drugs called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs). The best known of these ...