Drugs

Ozempic and other peptide-based drugs create 56 million kilograms of hazardous waste each year. Now, a new water-based method aims to change that

Drugs like Mounjaro and Wegovy have led to a sudden shift in treatment, but also to a lot of questions about how we think about and treat obesity

New medications are reshaping how people eat, but we need to be wary of their potential impact on people with eating disorders

Big pharma is big carbon, but multi-billion-dollar drug companies have a mixed record on efforts towards net-zero

The Victorian government’s decision to introduce drug testing demonstrates it takes its duty to prevent harm seriously

Discovering chemicals that affect plant circadian rhythms could improve crop yields – bringing us a step closer to ‘chronoculture’

Over the last 50 years, malaria parasites have developed resistance to seven drugs, but a new way to identify future antimalarials holds promise

Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration has been more vigilant in policing advertisements for unproven COVID-19 ‘treatments’. But have some slipped through the cracks?

The Australian Capital Territory’s new cannabis laws are at odds with Australia’s federal laws, but should the federal government stay out of it?

Scientists have discovered a new drug target to block the world’s deadliest malaria parasite from spreading