Medications

Discovery helps to spot what makes a good drug

(Medical Xpress)—A new test developed by researchers from the University of Manchester could revolutionise the discovery of new prescription drugs. The test will help determine which drugs are unlikely to work at an early ...

Oncology & Cancer

Experimental brain tumour therapy considered for NHS fast track

A new immunotherapy for a form of brain cancer has become the first in the UK to be designated (link is external) a 'Promising Innovative Medicine' (PIM) as part of a scheme to speed up access to experimental new treatments.

Medical research

Using synthetic biology to make new antibiotics

Research at Victoria University of Wellington could lead to a new generation of antibiotics, helping tackle the global issue of 'superbugs' that are resistant to modern medicine.

Medications

Challenges to equitable access to medicines

(Medical Xpress)—Access to medicines by vulnerable groups in the community, increasing medicine costs, and the demand for new medicines are some of the challenges identified in an independent study of priority medicine ...

Medications

Illegal online meds targeted in worldwide crackdown, FDA says

(HealthDay)—Illegal online pharmacies that sell unapproved and potentially dangerous prescription drugs to Americans were targeted this week in a worldwide operation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.

Medical research

Researchers use world's smallest scaffolding to build new livers

A UK company is using technology originally designed for use in Space to assist in a ground-breaking project that aims to improve the treatment of liver-associated diseases. Ultimately it could develop a new generation of ...

Medications

Mining data for the history of pharmaceutical development

(Medical Xpress)—Yale's Michael Kinch spent his spare time in the last year creating a massive database that encompasses the entire history of drug development in the United States. In a series of 20 articles scheduled ...

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