Fake news can be tricky to spot, but spotting fake drugs just got a little easier. Researchers have devised a low-cost way to help distinguish legitimate medications from counterfeit ones.

The retrospective study of patient hospital data showed that current approaches to identifying a culprit drug often overidentify drugs unlikely to be responsible for Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is working on a solution to a problem faced by a growing number of Americans as the population ages and relies more on prescription drugs: “What is this pill?” ...

TruNarc is a handheld device used to quickly identify suspected illicit drugs in the field. (Thermo Scientific Photo) The Redmond (Wash.) Police Department is deploying a new tool in its fight against ...

The earliest stage of drug discovery is governed by a simple constraint: there are far more possible drug-like molecules than any pharmaceutical laboratory could ever test. A new deep learning system, ...

Developing high-quality, safe, and effective drugs is a complex process that requires varied scientific skills and stringent regulatory assessments. Drug development is a process that spans many years ...