Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

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

The Algorithm Medical Group, which includes influencers on TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, and X, has backed microdosing GLP-1s. Let’s take a moment to separate science from fiction.
I'm no fan of supplements, as evidenced by the roughly one bazillion articles and op-eds in which I've warned against them.
Physicians assembled in an operating room at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital on Oct. 16, 1846, to watch chief of surgery John Collins Warren remove a tumor from the neck of young Edward Gilbert Abbott.
For a drug that has been essentially dead in the United States for four decades, the Quaalude has maintained an impressive cultural presence.
October 16th was World Ether Day (for those of you who might have missed it, intentionally or ot
KSBW featured an in-depth breakdown by ACSH’s Dr.
Almost without exception, when a new drug is approved and subsequently widely used, adverse effects that went undetected during clinical trials will begin to emerge. Math and clinical trial design explain why.
One could easily be overwhelmed by the barrage of health claims that make the news these days. Cannabis is responsible for more than its share.