Bacteria's 'mix-and-match' code could create new cancer-fighting drugs

A team of researchers at the University of Warwick and Monash University has solved a puzzle that has stumped drug developers ...
CNBC

AstraZeneca CEO says AI is reshaping drug development — and helping boost the odds of success

Monday - Friday, 6:00 - 7:00 PM ET AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said artificial intelligence is helping the company develop medicines faster, identify promising drug targets, and improve the odds of ...
The New York Times

China’s Rise in Drug Development Looms Over U.S.

Clinical trials in China are getting attention at an international oncology gathering in Chicago. China’s surging biotechnology industry is fueling alarm that U.S. dominance in the field is waning. By ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Can AI Drug Development Live Up to the Hype?

Trying to get medicine approved by the US Food and Drug Administration often feels like buying an expensive lottery ticket, with the uncertain prospect of a reward years away. It takes about a decade ...
Medical Xpress

Alzheimer's drug development pipeline shows impressive growth and diversity of therapies

Researcher Jeffrey L. Cummings M.D., ScD, from the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, has released his annual report on the global effort to find a cure for Alzheimer's. The work is published ...
The White House

2026 National Drug Control Strategy Released

The National Drug Control Strategy is prepared biennially by the Office of National Drug Control Policy. This document provides a strategic roadmap for the Administration to continue dismantling the ...
Wall Street Journal

The Quest to Use AI to Help Find New Drugs

Eli Lilly LLY-1.21%decrease; down pointing triangle Chief Executive Dave Ricks was on stage with Nvidia NVDA 2.95%increase; up pointing triangle founder Jensen Huang earlier this year in San Francisco ...
Harvard Business Review

U.S. Medical Centers Need a New Model for Drug Discovery and Development

For more than 50 years, U.S. academic medical centers (AMCs) have been the global engine for pharmaceutical innovation. These university-affiliated hospitals are dedicated to fulfilling the mission ...
GEN

AWS Launches Amazon Bio Discovery Agentic AI to Accelerate Drug Development

AWS has now unveiled Amazon Bio Discovery, an AI platform that grants researchers direct access to a broad library of biological foundation models that can be fine-tuned for specific use cases in drug ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Chugai Slides After Ending Trials for Muscle Disorder Drug

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. fell 7.3%, the largest intraday decline since August 2025, after the company said it had ended the development of an experimental drug for certain diseases that cause muscle ...
Phys.org

Failed experiment leads to surprise drug development breakthrough

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new way to alter complex drug molecules using light rather than toxic chemicals—a discovery that could accelerate and improve how medicines ...