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 ...

AlphaFold, a transformative AI-driven tool developed by DeepMind, has revolutionized the field of structural biology by accurately predicting protein structures. This breakthrough holds significant ...

The pharmaceutical industry invests heavily in technologies—$57.4 billion in 2022 alone—to discover new therapies to treat our greatest health challenges. Yet drug development teams are still using ...

From antibiotic resistance to emerging viral threats, the global demand for new medicines is intensifying, yet traditional drug discovery pipelines remain slow and expensive. A new scientific review ...

Medicinal chemistry, also known as pharmaceutical chemistry, is a branch of chemistry focused on the development of new drugs and the improvement of existing ones. It is an interdisciplinary field ...

In an age when antibiotic resistance poses a severe threat to global health, a new study sheds light on the often-overlooked hurdles of drug commercialization. Soaring costs associated with bringing ...

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 ...

Economic incentives and patent protections drive development of innovative medications. Drug prices are determined by consumer demand, not production costs. Therefore, governmental regulation risks ...

When pharmaceutical companies develop a novel drug for the market, several steps are required to assess and regulate its safety, effectiveness, manufacturability, and reliability. These processes, and ...