AI tool streamlines drug synthesis, dramatically reducing lab work and costs

Drug discovery is like molecular Tetris. Chemists snap atoms together, adjusting the pieces until everything fits, and ...
InfoQ

New Research Reassesses the Value of AGENTS.md Files for AI Coding

Despite widespread industry recommendations, a new ETH Zurich paper concludes that AGENTS.md files may often hinder AI coding agents. The researchers recommend omitting LLM-generated context files ...
Scientific American

What if most medications were sold over the counter?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reportedly mulling whether more prescription drugs should be sold over the counter (OTC) at pharmacies. In an interview on Wednesday, FDA commissioner Martin ...
STAT

STAT wins fourth Polk Award for reporting on impact of Trump on health

I’m thrilled to share that STAT has won a prestigious George Polk Award for documenting the Trump administration’s shakeup of the FDA, scientific research, and public health. The Polk Award honors ...
Morningstar

Professor Sarfaraz Niazi's Scientific Framework Adopted as FDA Modernizes Clinical Trial Evaluation Through Bayesian Methods

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new draft guidance modernizing statistical methodologies used in clinical trials, formally recognizing ...
Reuters

Illumina unveils dataset to speed up AI-powered drug discovery

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Gene sequencing company Illumina (ILMN.O), opens new tab on Tuesday introduced a dataset that maps genetic changes to help accelerate drug ...
JD Supra

FDA Removes Significant Barrier to Using Real-World Evidence in Product Submissions

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a major shift in its approach to real‑world evidence (RWE). In new guidance for certain medical device submissions, FDA will accept RWE without always ...
InfoWorld

PythoC: A new way to generate C code from Python

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...
JD Supra

Updates to AdvaMed Code Coincide With Increased FDA, DOJ Focus on Device Cybersecurity

The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) updated its Code of Ethics effective November 1, 2025, primarily to add a new section on “data-driven technologies,” including the security of ...
GitHub

Nitrosamine datasets and codes

This is the repository of the jounal paper titled "Integrating Explainable Artificial Intelligence and Carcinogenic Potency Characterization for Safer Nitrosamine Risk Assessment in Drug Synthesis." ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

FDA removes warning on hormone drugs

WASHINGTON -- Hormone-based drugs used to treat hot flashes and other menopause symptoms will no longer carry a bold warning label about stroke, heart attack, dementia and other serious risks, the ...