Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

News and analysis on drug development, clinical evidence, regulatory approvals, pharmacology, and the science behind treatments — from small molecules to biologics.

One of TikTok’s seemingly endless stupid “challenges” has resurfaced after six years in hiding.
I intended to write about rocket fuel. So, how did I end up writing about “ayahuasca,” a hallucinogenic brew originating from Indigenous Amazon traditions? Well, here we go. 
At first glance, drug law enforcement and drug resistance seem to have nothing whatsoever in common. One involves microbes evolving in hospitals and laboratories; the other involves law enforcement trying to disrupt the illicit drug trade.
Welcome back to March Badness. In Part 1, we analyzed the contestants from the Placebo Region—supplements so implausible or diluted that they can't possibly work (or aren't even in the bottle).
It’s March, which means March Madness, when basketball fans everywhere fill out brackets and pretend they have even the remotest chance of predicting the games. In the spirit of the NCAA tournament, I decided to create a bracket of my own.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary recently stated that when it comes