Derek Lowe

Dr. Derek Lowe, arguably the finest and most influential chemistry blogger in the universe, has put together an excellent summary of the complex and confusing clinical data of hydroxychloroquine, which he published recently in his blog in Science and Translational Medicine. We thank Derek and AAAS for allowing us to reprint this important article.
Yesterday, the FDA gave the thumbs up to Sanofi s Cerdelga, the first oral treatment for a rare condition called Gaucher s disease. Cerdelga is classified as an orphan drug specialized therapies designed to treat rare diseases in small numbers of patients.