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The consumer-genomics company 23andMe just sold its biobank of customer genetic data to drugmaker Regeneron for $256 million.
DNA

Bankrupt 23andMe Just Sold Off All Your DNA Data

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A bold new bill to allow AI chatbots to prescribe controlled drugs has been introduced into the House for review.
Artificial Intelligence

New Law Would Allow AI to Replace Your Doctor, Prescribe Drugs

By Joe Wilkins

As the opioid crisis worsens, one pharmaceutical company has used some impressive biology to create a non-addictive, non-opioid painkiller. 
Brain

New Non-Opioid Drug Blocks Pain Signals Before They Can Reach Brain

By Noor Al-Sibai

During the Trump administration, the White House's personal pharmacy operated as a glorified pill mill, a new watchdog report claims.
RX and Medicine

Unregulated White House Pharmacy Gave Out Uppers and Downers to Senior Staff Under Trump

By Noor Al-Sibai

Sorry everyone, but the government says Varda Space's orbital pharmaceuticals can't come back to Earth just yet.
Developments

US Government Won’t Let Space Drugs Factory Come Back to Earth

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists Test Drug Designed by AI on Human Patients
Developments

Scientists Test Drug Designed by AI on Human Patients

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A startup co-founded by a SpaceX alum plans to jumpstart the future of space manufacturing with its orbital pharmaceutical lab run by robots.
Space

Startup Wants to Use Robots to Make Drugs in Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

Hemgenix is the latest form of a gene therapy drug to be approved by the FDA, and it's now the most expensive drug in the world. Too expensive.
Health & Medicine

18-Year-Old Patient Says $3.5 Million Hemophilia Drug He Needs Seems a “Little Steep”

By Frank Landymore

Scientists in China claim to have genetically modified tobacco plants to be able to produce cocaine — but don't get too excited just yet, kids.
Developments

Scientists Gene Hack Random Plant to Grow Cocaine

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Ozempic, the viral TikTok weight loss drug, is so popular that its creator has declared a shortage — wreaking havoc on the lives of actual diabetics.
Developments

So Many People Are Using a Diabetes Drug for Weight Loss That Actual Diabetics Are Having Trouble Getting It

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

As murmurings of yet another adderall shortage begin to spread, people share their frustrations and worries online — and indicator of what's to come.
Health & Medicine

There’s a Shortage of Adderall and People Are Seriously Suffering

By Frank Landymore

Per a new study, administering the drug rapamycin to mice everyday for the first 45 days of their lives % extends life expectancy by an average 10 percent.
Science & Energy

Giving Baby Mice This Drug Makes Them Live 10 Percent Longer

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Nearly 20 years of Alzheimer's research could be undone after investigators uncover that a widely cited and influential paper may have used fabricated data.
Studies

Decades of Alzheimer’s Research Allegedly Based on Fabricated Data

By Frank Landymore

A purported miracle cure for hangovers is not only dubiously researched, but its results seem to take all the fun out of drinking alcohol.
Health & Medicine

“Anti-Hangover” Pill Could Take All The Fun Out of Drinking — If It Actually Works

By Noor Al-Sibai

Demand for both abortion and non-abortion emergency contraceptive pills has skyrocketed, putting a lot of added stress on makers, providers, and pharmacies.
RX and Medicine

People Are Stockpiling Abortion Pills and Emergency Contraceptives After Roe Reversal

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Immunity-boosting drugs may have huge implications in the pharmaceutical fight against COVID-19.
RX and Medicine

Doctors Impressed by Drugs That Rejuvenate Immune System

By Noor Al-Sibai