Structure-based drug design is the design and optimization of a chemical structure with the goal of identifying a compound suitable for clinical testing — a drug candidate. It is based on ...

In September, Akeso, a little-known Chinese biotech company founded nearly a decade ago shook up the biotech sector with its new lung cancer drug. Ivonescimab, the new drug, was found in a trial ...

Incorrect dosing can cause severe side effects, so it is essential to take the drug as a doctor instructs. It is also critical to take oral chemotherapy drugs according to the exact schedule that ...

This comes as anti-immigration activists disrupted a planned multi-agency task force operation involving ICE, Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on Sunday ...

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. Current ...

It’s prescribed for weight loss and to lower cardiovascular risks. Wegovy interacts with some other drugs and certain supplements, including insulin and ACE inhibitors. An interaction occurs ...

Generic drugs have saved billions of dollars and benefited countless lives by making existing medicines more affordable. But a new study finds these drug copies may not all be created equal. Despite ...

Antiretroviral drugs are used to treat HIV infection. They work by blocking a stage of the virus's life cycle and, by doing so, prevent the virus from replicating. The drugs are organized into six ...

Subscribe to the Daily News Brief. Mexican authorities have been waging a deadly battle against drug cartels for nearly two decades, but with limited success. Thousands of Mexicans—including ...

The rate of overdose deaths fell 4% from 2022 to 2023. Rates of drug overdose deaths decreased in the United States for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to new federal ...

Between January 20 and February 1, U.S. President Donald Trump signed several executive orders declaring national emergencies on the U.S. southern and northern borders, thanks, in part, to the “the ...

Preparation of a dose of Buprenorphine, an opioid that can be administered to people with opioid-use disorder to blunt cravings for other drugs like fentanyl and reduce the risk of overdose.Credit ...