The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) development and approval process for drugs and medical devices involves multiple phases that ensure the safety and effectiveness of products before and after ...

To optimize the final formulation for a drug, it must meet many criteria beyond producing a safe and effective product. For example, it must be stable and amenable to various manufacturing steps, such ...

Discover how drugs prevent, cure, and alleviate ailments. Learn about over-the-counter vs. prescription drugs and the pharmaceutical industry's impact on healthcare.

Sanford Burnham Prebys is one of several institutions contributing to the federally funded project called PREDICTS ...

The drug development pipeline is a costly and lengthy process. Identifying high-quality "hit" compounds-those with high potency, selectivity, and favorable metabolic properties-at the earliest stages ...

From the moment we could look up to the skies, humanity has dreamt of what’s up there. And once we got there, how could we master it? And now that we’re there all the time, how can we use it? In 2025, ...

Drug development is an unforgiving business. Discovering a novel molecule is difficult enough, but then it can take years of preclinical studies and molecular tweaking to mitigate a drug’s toxicity, ...

The pharmaceutical industry is experiencing its own “DeepSeek moment,” according to science writer Hiya Jain. Just as the upstart AI breakthrough caught Silicon Valley off-guard, China is emerging as ...

The new Emerson DeltaV PKM library reportedly cuts months from drug development by providing pre-built specification elements ...

Drugs have been tested on animals for over a century, but new technology may one day eliminate the need to do so. Congress and the FDA are pushing pharmaceutical companies to replace animals with ...