America Must Prepare for COVID-19 Related Drug Shortages
A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines the nation’s current shortage of vitally needed medications, and how this…
A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines the nation’s current shortage of vitally needed medications, and how this…
Study investigates potential for the intestinal microbial community to alter drug safety and efficacy. Researchers at Princeton University have developed a systematic approach for evaluating…
Scientists at the University of Liverpool and University of Utrecht have taken another step forward on their quest to develop a viable drug based on…
The drug acalabrutinib, FDA-approved for the treatment of several types of B cell cancers, improved the oxygenation levels and decreased molecular markers of inflammation in…
Scientists have found a new method to strategically add deuterium to benzene, an aromatic compound commonly found in crude oil. When applied to the active…
The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which has been promoted as a potential treatment for COVID-19, is known to have potentially serious effects on heart rhythms. Now,…
Researchers at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital have developed a new method to measure levels of the medication hydroxychloroquine in patients with the rheumatic…
How often do vaccine trials hit paydirt? Study: Vaccines find more success in development than any other kind of drug, but have been relatively neglected…
Scientists from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have developed a novel technique that can produce pure therapeutic drugs without the associated side effects. The approach,…
New research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) recommends changes to the system which sees drug companies strike deals with competitors to stop them…
Adverse events were more common in those receiving the drug. The anti-inflammatory drug hydroxychloroquine does not significantly reduce admission to intensive care or death in…
Quantum machine learning, an emerging field that combines machine learning and quantum physics, is the focus of research to discover possible treatments for COVID-19, according…
While COVID-19 has infected millions of people worldwide and killed hundreds of thousands, there is currently no vaccine. In response, researchers have been evaluating the…
Drugs used for curing hepatitis C might also help against COVID-19 / World Health Organization publishes paper presented by researchers from Mainz University. Several drugs…
Following the recent Coronavirus outbreak, almost three million people have been infected worldwide, whereas the death toll has already passed the 200,000 mark, according to…
Report offers guidelines to help prevent viruses from tainting biopharmaceutical drugs. Over the past few decades, there have been a handful of incidents in which…
An exploratory randomized, controlled study on the safety and efficacy of either lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) or Arbidol — antivirals that are used in some countries against…
Antiviral Drug Baloxavir Reduces Transmission of Flu Virus in Animal Study Baloxavir treatment reduced transmission of the flu virus from infected ferrets to healthy ferrets,…