The Central Drug Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) has flagged more than 50 drugs for common conditions like high blood pressure and acid reflux as substandard. This includes batches from ...

Available antipsychotic treatments work by blocking dopamine receptors. The new drug, Cobenfy, takes a different approach. By Ellen Barry and Christina Jewett The Food and Drug Administration on ...

Warning to Brits over “Russian roulette” party drug pink cocaine. Credit: ITV News. The drug is sold for around US$100 per gram (£76) in Spain, and is often marketed as a high-end product ...

Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Over the past five years, Rachel Sutherland has received research funding from the Australian Government Department of ...

Three scientists involved in developing the blockbuster anti-obesity drugs that are currently changing the health-care landscape are among the winners of this year’s prestigious Lasker Awards.

Since the dawn of the antibiotic age, opportunistic pathogens have evolved defenses faster than humans can develop drugs to combat them. At the same time, humans have unwittingly given the bugs an ...

Image credit: visualspace/Getty Images. Amphetamines are a drug used to commonly treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy. Past studies link amphetamine use to possibly ...

The report, published on 16 September in The Lancet 1, found that between 1990 and 2021, more than one million people died from drug-resistant infections each year, and this could increase to ...