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Cancer survivors are often told to "watch and wait" for recurrence with no treatment options. A breakthrough AI system is finding affordable existing drugs that can target 750 cancer mutations and keep patients cancer-free.
A nonprofit is using AI to match 4,000 existing drugs with 18,000 diseases in less than a day, potentially bringing treatments to millions suffering from rare conditions. Every Cure has already identified 10 promising treatments since 2022.
Millions who struggle with clunky CPAP machines finally have hope for a more comfortable solution. A repurposed epilepsy drug reduced sleep apnea breathing interruptions by up to 50% in a major European clinical trial.
The Supreme Court rejected challenges from six major drug companies, allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription prices for millions of Americans. This landmark decision marks a major victory for affordable healthcare.
When pharmaceutical patents end, generic competition can slash prices overnight, making life-saving medicines affordable for millions. India's booming generic drug market shows how this shift is reshaping global healthcare access.
The Trump administration just proposed a fix to stop drug companies from dodging Medicare price negotiations with a sneaky loophole. The change could save millions of seniors money on prescriptions starting in 2029.
A Philadelphia nonprofit founded by a doctor who survived a rare disease just landed $76 million to help millions of patients find treatments hiding in plain sight. Every Cure's AI tool searches thousands of existing drugs to find new uses for rare diseases that lack treatments.
ProPublica's free Rx Inspector tool now lets anyone trace generic medications to their factories and see safety records. Doctors, researchers, and patients are using it to make better decisions about the drugs they prescribe and take.
A decades-old medication is giving hope to children with Bachmann-Bupp syndrome, a genetic disorder affecting only 20 people worldwide. Early treatments show the drug may ease severe symptoms by targeting the root cause.
A common asthma medication could help hard-to-treat cancers like triple-negative breast cancer respond to immunotherapy. Scientists discovered the drug reverses immune cells that tumors hijack to resist treatment.
Maryland just became one of the first states to put a hard limit on prescription drug prices, slashing the cost of a common diabetes medication. Starting January 2027, patients and government programs will pay no more than $204 for a month's supply of Jardiance.
A new White House partnership is making prescription drugs more affordable for millions of Americans. The TrumpRx platform now offers over 600 additional generic medications at their lowest possible prices.
Medicare just negotiated lower prices on 15 essential medications including cancer treatments and arthritis drugs, potentially saving patients and taxpayers billions. The new prices take effect in 2028, building on previous negotiations that would have saved $8.5 billion in 2024 alone.
A decades-old sleeping sickness drug is showing promise for children with Bachmann-Bupp syndrome after doctors treated six patients with remarkable results. Now a major partnership could fast-track treatments for the 20 known cases worldwide.
European police just dismantled 24 industrial-scale drug laboratories and arrested 85 people in the largest coordinated operation against synthetic drug production. The year-long investigation stopped enough chemicals to produce 300 tonnes of illegal drugs from reaching communities across Europe.
After losing her 24-year-old sister Lucy to a cocaine-induced heart attack, Stacey Jordan launched "Live for Lucy" to educate young people about drug dangers. Her advocacy is reaching thousands through social media, pushing for better drug education in schools.
A once-basic lab tool is now helping scientists discover life-saving drugs faster than ever before. Mass spectrometry technology is cutting years off the drug development process by spotting failed candidates early and revealing how medicines actually work inside the body.
University of Virginia scientists created AI tools that design drugs while treating proteins as flexible, living structures instead of frozen snapshots. This breakthrough could slash the 90% failure rate in drug development and bring new treatments to patients faster.
A breakthrough drug from Revolution Medicines is giving real hope to pancreatic cancer patients for the first time in decades. The pill, called daraxonrasib, successfully targeted KRAS, a protein scientists once thought was impossible to drug.
Nigeria's drug enforcement agency and the US DEA are joining forces to cut off the money supply that fuels terrorism across Africa. Their new 12-month action plan targets drug cartels using trafficking profits to fund violent extremist groups.
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