A new review in SLAS Discovery explores how improved safety screening strategies and methods are improving the pharmaceutical discovery and
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Data-sharing website may speed the response to new illegal drugs: The ‘NPS Data Hub’ will help forensic chemists identify new types of fentanyl and other narcotics more quickly
The drug overdose epidemic currently gripping the nation is so tenacious in part because it’s being driven by fentanyl, a
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Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Completes Pivotal Enrollment in Two Ongoing Phase 3 Clinical Trials Evaluating Setmelanotide in Rare Genetic Disorders of Obesity
BOSTON, June 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:RYTM), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization
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Scientists find potential disease-fighting ‘warheads’ hidden in bacteria
Bacteria found in soil may harbor a potential game-changer for drug design. A new study by Scripps Research, published today
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No link found between oral antifungal drug and stillbirth
New research from a Swedish and Norwegian team of researchers led from Karolinska Institutet does not support a suggested link
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Killing bacteria by silencing genes may be alternative to antibiotics
A new approach to killing C. difficile that silences key bacterial genes while sparing other bacteria may provide a new
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Medication-related harm in older adults is common, costly, and preventable
New research indicates that harm from medicines is common in older adults following hospital discharge, and it results in substantial
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New tool analyzes disease and drug effects with unprecedented accuracy and consistency: IonStar could upend industry standards, and quicken medical diagnosis and drug development
A new protein analysis tool developed at the University at Buffalo could vastly increase the speed and precision with which
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New method to discover drugs to treat epilepsy: Method uncovers a promising new use for a well-known cancer drug in stopping difficult-to-treat seizures
For more than a third of children living with epilepsy, the currently approved medications do not stop their seizures. This
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Artificial antimicrobial peptides could help overcome drug-resistant bacteria: With aid of computer algorithm, researchers develop peptides more powerful than those found in nature
During the past several years, many strains of bacteria have become resistant to existing antibiotics, and very few new drugs
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