#clinical trials

Kennedy lets compounding pharmacies sell six peptide drugs, overruling FDA scientists

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has issued a rule allowing specialty compounding pharmacies to sell six peptide drugs, overruling FDA scientists who say there is…

Africa CDC warns Ebola outbreak has reached 10,000 cases

The Africa CDC's director general, Dr Jean Kaseya, called the Ebola outbreak "unprecedented", with the case count at 10,000 and almost 5,000 deaths, and warned it could reach the…

Confirmed Ebola cases in DR Congo pass 10,000

Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have passed 10,000, with the health ministry reporting 10,060 cases and 4,887 deaths in what Al Jazeera calls the…

Lilly says retatrutide beat Novo's Ozempic in a diabetes study

Eli Lilly says its "triple-G" drug retatrutide beat Novo Nordisk's Ozempic in a diabetes study, adding to expectations that it will be one of Lilly's biggest growth drivers, STAT…

OHSU completes first rigorous study of Oregon's psilocybin therapy program

Researchers at OHSU have completed the first rigorous study of Oregon's psilocybin therapy program, which began more than three years ago. OPB What would you want a study of a…

California-based startup Radical Numerics regarding the first reported clinical administration of an artificial intelligence-designed virus into a human patient.

A new oral peptide called Icotrokinra completely cleared psoriasis in 27% of patients after 16 weeks.

We are developing a drug that destroys all known pathogenic bacteria, all known pathogenic fungi, biofilms, influenza virus as well as viruses of the herpes family.

Novartis multiple sclerosis drug cuts relapse rates by a third in pivotal trials

Novartis's multiple sclerosis treatment remibrutinib cut relapse rates by a third compared with a standard treatment in pivotal trials, STAT reports. STAT How much does a…

Moderna and Merck say their mRNA melanoma vaccine cut death and recurrence by 42%

Moderna and Merck report that their personalised mRNA vaccine, added to standard treatment, cut the risk of death or recurrence by 42% in a Phase 3 trial of 1,137 patients with…

Police raid Guinea-Bissau offices of vaccine researchers praised by RFK Jr.

Judicial police in Guinea-Bissau raided the offices of researchers involved in a disputed study of hepatitis B vaccine in newborns, which is backed by $1.6m from the CDC and…

Trial: daily vitamin C linked to better survival in precancerous blood disorders

A clinical trial suggests that taking vitamin C daily could improve survival in people with precancerous blood disorders and early-stage blood cancers, ScienceDaily reports.…

GLP-1 Drugs: What the Evidence Shows, Organ by Organ

Nelson R. de Lima Filho, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. This is a living page. GLP-1 drugs, the semaglutide and tirzepatide family, keep getting credited with benefits that…

The GLP-1 Benefit List Keeps Growing. Here's What's Actually Been Shown.

Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cardiologist Eric Topol posted recently that "the list of GLP-1 drug benefits independent of weight loss keeps growing,"…

CagriSema vs. Tirzepatide: What the New Diabetes Trial Actually Shows

Nelson R. de Lima Filho, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Wegovy is semaglutide, one of CagriSema's two components — not CagriSema itself, which isn't approved or on shelves yet.…

Does Red Light Therapy Work, and Why Does the Price Range From $60 to $1,200?

Frank C. Müller, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. This is a classic incandescent heat lamp, not one of the narrow-band LED panels this piece is about — and, as it turns out,…