Tag: Pharmaceuticals
Why are drug names so long and complicated? A pharmacist explains...
Jasmine Cutler, University of South Florida
At some point in your life, you’ll likely find yourself with a prescription...
The FDA’s weak drug manufacturing oversight is a potentially deadly problem
Adrian V. Hernandez, University of Connecticut and C. Michael White, University of Connecticut
The latest setback for Johnson &...
Vaccines without needles – new shelf-stable film could revolutionize how medicines...
Maria Croyle, University of Texas at Austin
The race is on to identify an effective vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. Once discovered, the next challenge...
Why companies file for bankruptcy – and how it protects both...
Lindsey Simon, University of Georgia
Reports have emerged that Purdue Pharma is in settlement talks to resolve thousands of federal and state lawsuits over its...
Why the US has higher drug prices than other countries
Simon F. Haeder, West Virginia University
Spending on pharmaceuticals is on the rise worldwide. And it well should be. Today, we are able to cure...
What is ‘right to try,’ and could it help?
Morten Wendelbo, Texas A&M University and Timothy Callaghan, Texas A&M University
After a year in which President Donald Trump devoted much of his...
How robot math and smartphones led researchers to a drug discovery...
Ian Haydon, University of Washington
Robotic movement can be awkward.
For us humans, a healthy brain handles all the minute details of bodily motion without demanding...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
