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Pharmacology

Pharmacology combines biology, medicine and pharmaceutical sciences to study the interactions between drugs or medications and living organisms. Substances that possess medicinal properties are referred to as pharmaceuticals.

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9 Book

Dreamland

The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
Sam Quinones
Bloomsbury Press, 2016
8 Article

Time Trials

Chronotherapy – the specific timing of drug delivery – has shown promise in clinical trials. But that may not be enough to overcome the practical challenges.
Lynne Peeples
Nature, 2018
8 Article

Medicines on Demand

The next big revolution in pharmaceuticals could be miniature production systems – small enough to fit in a briefcase.
Carrie Arnold
Nature, 2019
9 Article

Dubious Diagnosis

A war on “prediabetes” has created millions of new patients and a tempting opportunity for pharma. But how real is the condition?
Charles Piller
Science, 2019
9 Article

In a Major Shift, Cancer Drugs Go ‘Tissue-Agnostic’

Encouraged by an FDA approval, companies design cancer drugs to work in any solid tumor
Ken Garber
Science, 2017
8 Article

Revolutionary Malaria Tests Have Unexpected Downsides

Despite rapid tests, health workers undertreat malaria – and overuse antibiotics – a big new study shows
Leslie Roberts
Science, 2017
8 Article

Forget the Blood of Teens

This Pill Promises to Extend Life For a Nickel A Pop
Sam Apple
Wired, 2017
8 Article

How Antibiotic-Tainted Seafood From China Ends Up on Your Table

You might want to pass on the shrimp cocktail.
Jason Gale et al.
Bloomberg Businessweek , 2016
9 Article

Drugs You Don't Need for Disorders You Don't Have

Inside the Pharmaceutical Industry's Campaign to Put Us All to Sleep
Jonathan Cohn
Huffington Post, 2016
Book

ADHD Nation

Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic
Alan Schwarz
Scribner, 2016
8 Book

Pharmacy on a Bicycle

Innovative Solutions for Global Health and Poverty
Eric G. Bing and Marc J. Epstein
Berrett-Koehler, 2013

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