Glucagon-like peptide agonists (GLP-1s, like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro) have been hailed as breakthroughs. From statins to Viagra, occasionally a drug development breakthrough occurs that is ...

Developing high-quality, safe, and effective drugs is a complex process that requires varied scientific skills and stringent regulatory assessments. Drug development is a process that spans many years ...

Drug discovery has traditionally been slow and expensive, often taking decades and costing manufacturers billions. Traditional methods, while advancing, are hitting limits in tackling the complexities ...

In 2022, the combined research and development (R&D) expenditure of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry consisted of more than $100 billion. While this is a significantly expansive market, approximately ...

There's a new pill and new ways to pay for the weight-loss drugs known as GLP-1s.

Ebrahimi is a scientific leader at GSK. Mrksich is the Henry Wade Rogers professor at Northwestern University, where he is developing the MegaMolecule technology for creating multifunctional ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) informs Congress about the costs or revenue changes associated with proposed legislation, a challenging enough task on its own. Sometimes, the CBO is asked to ...

The discovery of GLP-1 and its role in regulating blood glucose was a major scientific breakthrough in diabetes research, yet turning this peptide hormone into an effective medication was no easy task ...

The most familiar artificial intelligence (AI) applications include text generation, facial recognition, and autonomous driving. But there are other AI applications that deserve their share of ...