Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

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

In the spirit of Breast Cancer awareness month and promoting women’s health, we are excited to have had Dr.
A new study says human physicians are "vastly superior" to computers when it comes to diagnosing conditions and illnesses. 
Don’t go breaking my heart. Seriously, love —oops, I mean life— is a battlefield. Literally. Who knew musicians had so vast an understanding of cardiology?
I hope you enjoyed Part I of the "Brain Tumors: Fact vs. Fiction" series.  
In this week's Annals of Internal Medicine, doctors Peter A. Ubeland and Peter B.
Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, died from brain cancer.  As did Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy.  Brittany Maynard - suffering from a terminal type - became widely known for fighting for her right-to-die.  
Algorithms are a set of rules or calculations that computers use in making decisions.
By any measure, the opioid addiction epidemic was (and still is) a huge mess.
When some of the public hears about vaccines today, they may think of Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent links to autism or Jenny McCarthy’s use of her Hollywood megaphone to polarize the issue as well as encourage the spread of an anti-
What goes up must come down.  There is no top without a bottom.  Two sides to every coin.  No front without a back.  A lid without a pot.  My cliche list is endless.  So, I will stop torturing you.