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HHS nominee vows to tackle high drug costs, despite his ties to industry

Senate Democrats on Tuesday pressed President Donald Trump's nominee for the top health post to explain how he would fight skyrocketing drug prices — demanding to know why they should trust him to lower costs since he did not do so while running a major pharmaceutical company.

9 Jan 2018

PolyU develops new method for quick authentication of Chinese herbal medicines

The Food Safety and Technology Research Centre under the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has developed a new method for rapid authentication of Chinese herbal medicines, including Ganoderma (known as Lingzhi in Chinese), and Gastrodiae Rhizoma (known as Tianma in Chinese).

9 Jan 2018

Pharmaceutical pollution can make aquatic microbial communities resistant to drugs

In urban streams, persistent pharmaceutical pollution can cause aquatic microbial communities to become resistant to drugs. So reports a new study published today in the journal Ecosphere.

9 Jan 2018

Leukemia patients currently ineligible for targeted therapy may benefit from new drugs

Patients with an aggressive form of leukemia, currently ineligible for any type of targeted therapy, may in fact benefit from some of these new drugs, according to new research by Queen Mary University of London.

9 Jan 2018

Beta blockers may improve survival for melanoma patients

A common, inexpensive drug that is used to prevent heart attacks and lower blood pressure may also help melanoma patients live longer, according to researchers.

8 Jan 2018

An opioid remedy that works: Treat pain and addiction at the same time

Seven years ago, Robert Kerley, who makes his living as a truck driver, was loading drywall when a gust of wind knocked him off the trailer. Kerley fell 14 feet and hurt his back.

8 Jan 2018

Drug overdose deaths soar nationally but plateau in some Western states

The opioid crisis on the East Coast and in the Midwest has fueled a national surge in drug deaths, even as fatal overdoses have decreased or remained stable in parts of the West, new federal data show.

8 Jan 2018

Sangamo and Pfizer partner for development of new zinc finger protein gene therapy to treat ALS

Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. and Pfizer Inc. today announced a collaboration for the development of a potential gene therapy using zinc finger protein transcription factors (ZFP-TFs) to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) linked to mutations of the C9ORF72 gene.

8 Jan 2018

Paracetamol use during pregnancy may impair fertility of female offspring

Taking paracetamol during pregnancy may impair the future fertility of female offspring, according to a review published in Endocrine Connections.

5 Jan 2018

Supercharged old drugs could destroy world's most dangerous superbugs

An old drug supercharged by University of Queensland researchers has emerged as a new antibiotic that could destroy some of the world's most dangerous superbugs.

5 Jan 2018

Research could lead to new ways of optimizing treatments for chronic infections

Antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas infections in cystic fibrosis patients show predictable sensitivities to other classes of antibiotics.

5 Jan 2018

Grassley calls for ‘corrective action’ on abuses in herpes vaccine research

A Republican senator is demanding that the Trump administration and a university scrutinize how a researcher was able to inject an experimental herpes vaccine into human subjects without routine safety oversight.

5 Jan 2018

New tool developed to assess likely risk of drug turning into potentially harmful version

A new method to test the likelihood of a drug turning into a potentially harmful version of itself when it enters the body has been developed by researchers at Cardiff University.

5 Jan 2018

New type of skin patch may provide possible answer to antibiotic resistance crisis

A team of researchers from Queen's University Belfast, led by Professor Ryan Donnelly, Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology are developing a new type of skin patch (microarray patch) that administers drugs directly into the bloodstream through thousands of individual "microneedles" which are being tested as a possible answer to the antibiotic resistance crisis.

5 Jan 2018

SMi opens doors to host new ‘Pre-Filled Syringes Europe’ conference

Just 2 weeks remain until SMi opens its doors to host the conference, “Pre-Filled Syringes Europe” set to take place in London on 17 – 18 January.

5 Jan 2018

Popular contraceptive shot may raise risk of HIV infection

Transitioning away from a popular contraceptive shot known as DMPA could help protect women in Sub-Saharan Africa and other high-risk regions from becoming infected with HIV, according to a research review published in the Endocrine Society's journal Endocrine Reviews.

4 Jan 2018

Study reveals a loophole in treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

A team of researchers in Italy and Austria has determined that a drug approved to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) may be less effective in a particular subset of patients.

4 Jan 2018

Using vitamin supplements before and during pregnancy may be linked to lower risk for ASD in children

The use of folic acid and multivitamin supplements by women before and during pregnancy was associated with a lower likelihood of autism spectrum disorder in children but this finding needs to be interpreted with caution because other factors could explain it.

3 Jan 2018

Researchers outline new multifactorial conceptual model of placebo effects

A new conceptualization of the placebo effects is presented in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

3 Jan 2018

Pharmacists slow to dispense lifesaving overdose drug

Gale Dunham, a pharmacist in Calistoga, Calif., knows the devastation the opioid epidemic has wrought, and she is glad the anti-overdose drug naloxone is becoming more accessible.

3 Jan 2018