A study has determined that adverse effects leading to treatment discontinuation vary among different blood pressure-lowering drug classes.

Scientists at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and University center Unisanté classified 35 commonly used drugs in Switzerland based on their impact on the aquatic biodiversity. The aim of this ...

New psychoactive substances (NPS), also known as "internet drugs," are substances developed to affect the brain in a similar way to illegal drugs. Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, in ...

Cannabis may be on its way to being less restricted in the U.S. after a recent recommendation from the Health and Human Services Department to reschedule the drug's classification. Last week, the HHS ...

First-in-class drugs can be highly innovative because of their novel mechanisms of action, but they also carry uncertainty in the absence of clinical experience. To understand how such drugs advance ...