FDA

No pharmaceutical treatments exist for addictions to drugs like cocaine or cannabis. Now, scientists are engineering gene therapies, immunotherapies, and more.

An FDA advisory panel voted against recommending the psychedelic MDMA for PTSD, puncturing excitement around the drug’s potential.

A recent court case targeting the Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory authority sets a worrying precedent for the future of drug development.

Legislation now allows some drugs to skip animal testing, but it’s unclear when, if ever, this step will be gone for good.

People metabolize drugs differently, changing the effectiveness and toxicity of drugs between individuals. Genetic testing to identify mutations in metabolic genes that may affect how someone processes a drug is an important step towards precision medicine that is becoming more common in the clinic.