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Drugs research

  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    Helene Servillon
    US policymakers should embrace psychedelic medicine

    The Food and Drug Administration’s rejection of MDMA-assisted therapy is a missed opportunity

    Young woman with colourful psychoactive drug on her tongue
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    How Roche passed on a potential $14bn-a-year weight-loss pill

    The Swiss company had the first option on a drug that could now become a leading anti-obesity treatment

    Injection pen parts on the Wegovy production line
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
    Eli Lilly enters nuclear isotope business to back cancer treatment

    Pharma companies are moving up the supply chain to secure radioactive materials for a new form of drugs

    Eli Lilly plant in New Jersey
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    Novo Nordisk AS
    Novo Nordisk spends record amounts on research to fend off weight-loss rivals

    Maker of Wegovy and Ozempic has 45,000 patients in clinical trials as it seeks to stave off threats from Eli Lilly and Roche

    A scientist holds a vial
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    Roche Holding AG
    Roche to fast-track weight-loss pill to compete with rivals

    Swiss drugmaker unveils promising data for obesity drug

    Passers-by are silhouetted as they walk along the banks of river Rhine next to the Roche towers
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Dementia
    Shingles vaccine ‘may prevent dementia’, research finds

    GSK’s Shingrix is latest drug to show potential for targeting previously untreatable brain disorders

    Shingrix shingles vaccine
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    GSK, Pfizer and Moderna face RSV vaccine sales slump

    Pharma groups could see almost threefold drop in demand due to US health official decision, says Airfinity

    A researcher working in a lab at Moderna’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US in March 2024
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    Pfizer Inc
    Pfizer pins hopes on daily pill to crack market for weight-loss drugs

    Pharma group seeks to catch up with rivals Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk in sector projected to be worth $130bn a year

    Signage at the Pfizer research and manufacturing site in Massachusetts, US
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    US opioid epidemic
    Potent overdose treatment boosts hopes of combating opioid crisis

    New compound increases strength of antidote for fentanyl and other lethal drugs

    A person using fentanyl
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Eli Lilly wins US approval for early-stage Alzheimer’s treatment

    New drug Kisunla will be 20% more than rival as drugmaker claims it requires fewer treatments

    Eli Lilly sign on company’s offices
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Moderna
    Moderna wins US funding for bird flu vaccine as animal infections grow

    Federal health officials step up efforts to boost jab stockpiles in response to widening outbreak

    A researcher works in the lab at  Moderna’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Novo Nordisk AS
    Novo Nordisk invests $4bn to expand weight loss drug production in US

    Danish pharma group plans 1.4mn sq ft manufacturing plant in North Carolina to help meet surging demand

    An employee monitors operations at the Novo Nordisk production facility in Hillerod, Denmark
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Mental health
    Ketamine tablets help reduce side-effects in depression sufferers

    Oral formulation offers prospect of cheaper and more convenient access to drug, research suggests

    A man is prepared for his ketamine treatment
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Biotech
    US biotech Alnylam hails positive trial results for heart disease drug

    Vutrisiran injection cut risk of death and adverse cardiovascular events by at least 28%, company says

  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A new era of personalised cancer treatments

    As incidence rises, breakthroughs in oncology show the value of research funding

    A doctor monitors a CAT scan procedure
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    Weight-loss ETFs demand some heavy thinking

    Both OZEM and THNR offer very concentrated bets on a fast-moving market

    A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Moderna
    Moderna wins second approval with vaccine targeting RSV infection

    US decision hands biotech group its first regulatory blessing since its blockbuster Covid-19 jab

    Moderna ad showing test tubes
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Merck & Co Inc
    Merck signs $3bn deal for Kate Bingham-backed eye disease biotech

    US group hopes EyeBio will refill its pipeline with treatments targeting causes of blindness

    A montage of Kate Bingham and the logos of Merck and EyeBio
  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    Eli Lilly & Co
    Eli Lilly chases $100bn weight loss market with $5.3bn US investment

    US drugmaker races to scale up ingredient production to meet demand for Mounjaro and Zepbound jabs

    Person holds a box of Mounjaro injection drug
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    Lex
    Cancer vaccines are finally showing promise Premium content

    As Covid revenues slump, technology developed to fight the pandemic is having some success combating this disease

    A person looks into microscope
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Roche Holding AG
    Roche says obesity drug results ‘encouraging’ as competition heats up

    Weekly injection delivered 18.8% weight loss over 24 weeks

    A scientist works inside Roche’s research lab
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    Novo Nordisk AS
    Novo Nordisk to test weight-loss drugs’ effect on alcohol use and liver disease

    Study opens up potential to tackle a condition with few available treatment options

    Packets of Wegovy at the Novo Nordisk production facilities in Hillerod, Denmark
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    Novo Nordisk AS
    Wegovy users sustain weight loss for 4 years, new analysis shows

    Trial participants also had cardiovascular benefits regardless of weight

    Vials of Wegovy at a Novo Nordisk manufacturing facility
  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
    MDMA-based mental health treatment faces wary US regulator

    Food and Drug Administration poised to call for outside assessment of Lykos PTSD therapy in test for psychedelics sector

    A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    Roche Holding AG
    Roche cuts drug pipeline in effort to revitalise business

    Swiss pharma group has jettisoned 16 drugs that ‘don’t have the promise to be transformative medicines’

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