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 ...

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 ...

In the final part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Ed Schoonveld, value and access advisor for Schoonveld Advisory and ...

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 ...

Diabetes goes beyond just glucose control, and recent advancements in research are enhancing drug development for the disease.

Drug discovery is extraordinarily difficult. “In 100 years or so of contemporary medicine, we’ve found treatments for only around 500 of the roughly 7,000 rare diseases,” says David Pardoe, a ...

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 ...

Innovation drives speed in early phase drug development. ICON’s Accelerated Pharmaceutical Solutions integrate advanced ...

CDMOs have become structural pillars of drug development, keeping pipelines moving, absorbing operational shocks, and turning ...

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 ...