The Lancet

Identification of drug repurposing candidates for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using electronic health records: a retrospective cohort study

To our knowledge, this analysis is the largest EHR-based study for identifying drug repurposing candidates for ALS. We identified several drugs that warrant further assessment as therapeutic options ...
Becker's Hospital Review

FDA flags safety risk with Boston Scientific stents

The FDA has classified Boston Scientific’s removal of certain Axios Stent and Electrocautery-Enhanced Delivery Systems as a Class I recall, the agency’s most serious designation. The recall stems from ...
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new draft guidance modernizing statistical methodologies used in clinical trials, formally recognizing ...
Yahoo

Boston Scientific gains FDA’s OK for new PFA catheter

Boston Scientific has received Food and Drug Administration approval for a new pulsed field ablation catheter that is indicated for use as an adjunctive device in a type of ablation that is performed ...
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 ...
Scientific American

Health Experts Slam Possible FDA ‘Black Box’ Warning for COVID Vaccines

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reportedly weighing whether it will place a “black box” warning label on COVID vaccines, according to CNN, despite research and real-world data demonstrating ...
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 ...
Bloomberg L.P.

FDA Slow Walking a Long-Awaited Abortion Pill Safety Study

The Food and Drug Administration has delayed a promised review of safety data for the abortion drug mifepristone at Commissioner Marty Makary ’s request to put it off until after the midterm elections ...
Wall Street Journal

Former FDA Chiefs Criticize Agency’s Proposed Vaccine Hurdles

Former Food and Drug Administration commissioners said new vaccine standards threaten to put Americans’ health at risk and upend the agency’s scientific integrity. The 12 former FDA leaders criticized ...