Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX) said March 28 it will exclusively license its drug candidate LX9581 to Danish ...

Researchers have developed a new type of oral painkiller for chronic abdominal pain, inspired by the peptide hormone oxytocin, which is known for triggering contractions during childbirth. Researchers ...

This antibiotic is the first new FDA-approved medication for urinary tract infections in decades, and meets the need for new ...

Drug screening is the process by which potential drugs are identified and optimized before selection of a candidate drug to progress to clinical trials. It can involve screening large libraries of ...

Bond screenwriters have followed his fun tradition. Sure, some Bond Girls have generic names (Pam Bouvier?) and some are silly but don’t quite work: Christmas Jones is a name designed to set up a ...

Carrie Weisman is a seasoned journalist who has a deep love of words and helping the widest audience possible. Her ...

Some people may refer to these as “Viagra for females.” The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved two drugs — flibanserin (Addyi) and bremelanotide (Vyleesi) — to address low ...

A urine drug test can quickly detect both illegal and prescription drugs in a person’s system. Doctors, sports officials, and many employers require these tests. Signs of drug use can remain in ...

His profanity-packed speeches and death threats to drug gangs were a feature of his successful campaign for the presidency in 2016. READ: Duterte long defiant on deadly drug war Among his statements ...

If you miss doses, you could develop drug-resistant strains of HIV ... An example is enfuvirtide (ENF or T-20), sold under the brand name Fuzeon. This class of drugs works by blocking the protein ...

A “new black market” for synthetics and drug trafficking through war zones are fuelling instability around the world, the chief of the UN drugs and crime office said on Monday. “Trafficking routes run ...

Have you herd? Groups of animals often have unique, and sometimes funny, names. You’re probably familiar with the collective nouns for common backyard and barnyard animals, such as flocks of birds and ...