Hacker News with Generative AI: Pharmaceuticals

Salmon Exposed to Anti-Anxiety Medication Pollution Take More Risks (smithsonianmag.com)
Humans take a lot of medication, and small doses of those drugs—including antibiotics, antidepressants, birth control and more—find their way in the environment through wastewater, even after it’s treated.
Environmental Pollution, Pharmaceuticals, Animal Behavior, Fish, Science
29 points by chimpanzee 8 days ago | 3 comments
Daily Pill May Work as Well as Ozempic for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar (nytimes.com)
A daily pill may be as effective in lowering blood sugar and aiding weight loss in people with Type 2 diabetes as the popular injectable drugs Mounjaro and Ozempic, according to results of a clinical trial announced by Eli Lilly on Thursday morning.
Health, Diabetes, Weight Loss, Pharmaceuticals
32 points by uxhacker 9 days ago | 71 comments
Normal Boyhood Is ADHD (world.hey.com)
Nearly a quarter of seventeen-year-old boys in America have an ADHD diagnosis. That's crazy. But worse than the diagnosis is that the majority of them end up on amphetamines, like Adderall or Ritalin.
ADHD, Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals, Teenagers
21 points by maheshs 11 days ago | 15 comments
An LSD Analogue with Potential for Treating Schizophrenia (ucdavis.edu)
University of California, Davis, researchers have developed a new, neuroplasticity-promoting drug closely related to LSD that harnesses the psychedelic’s therapeutic power with reduced hallucinogenic potential.
Schizophrenia, Neuroscience, Pharmaceuticals, LSD, Mental Health
11 points by zoklet-enjoyer 11 days ago | 2 comments
Solriamfetol shows a 45% reduction in ADHD symptoms (technologynetworks.com)
For millions of adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), finding an effective treatment can be a challenge – especially for those who don’t respond well to traditional stimulant medications.
ADHD, Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals, Health
9 points by cachecrab 20 days ago | 0 comments
Eli Lilly will soon release key data on its weight loss pill orforglipron (cnbc.com)
Pharmaceuticals, Weight Loss, Healthcare, Eli Lilly
32 points by toomuchtodo 33 days ago | 29 comments
Breakthrough stroke drug heals the brain to restore movement (newatlas.com)
There's newfound hope for stroke patients in recovery, with what researchers believe is the very first drug that can comprehensively deliver rehabilitation without the need for challenging long-term physical therapy.
Medical Research, Neurology, Stroke Recovery, Pharmaceuticals
12 points by 01-_- 37 days ago | 2 comments
After 5 Years, FDA Finally Inspected Indian Drug Factory Linked to U.S. Deaths (propublica.org)
The Food and Drug Administration has found problems at an Indian factory that makes generic drugs for American patients, including one medication that was manufactured there and has been linked to at least eight deaths, federal records show.
FDA, Pharmaceuticals, India, Health, Regulation
16 points by ck2 37 days ago | 3 comments
American pharmaceutical companies aren't paying tax in the U.S. (cfr.org)
The 2024 10-K reports of America’s largest pharmaceutical companies show that they continue to avoid paying much, if any, U.S. corporate income tax.
Taxes, Pharmaceuticals, Business, Finance, United States
60 points by luu 39 days ago | 46 comments
The Ozempocalypse Is Nigh (astralcodexten.com)
Three GLP-1 drugs are approved for weight loss in the United States:
Pharmaceuticals, Health, Weight Loss
15 points by feross 45 days ago | 5 comments
New anti-obesity drugs outperform Ozempic (elpais.com)
For decades, people who are overweight have been given simple advice: move more and eat less. However, in more than 80% of cases, this approach only works in the short term.
Obesity, Medicine, Health, Pharmaceuticals
10 points by PaulHoule 46 days ago | 3 comments
New anti-obesity drugs outperform Ozempic (elpais.com)
For decades, people who are overweight have been given simple advice: move more and eat less. However, in more than 80% of cases, this approach only works in the short term.
Obesity, Medicine, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals
15 points by geox 50 days ago | 1 comments
Natural occurring molecule rivals Ozempic in weight loss, sidesteps side effects (medicalxpress.com)
A naturally occurring molecule identified by Stanford Medicine researchers appears similar to semaglutide—also known as Ozempic—in suppressing appetite and reducing body weight.
Medicine, Health, Weight Loss, Pharmaceuticals, Science
423 points by pseudolus 50 days ago | 381 comments
GLP-1 drugs: An economic disruptor? (2024) (wildfirelabs.substack.com)
In 2021, Lisa Chen, a software engineer, started a new weight-loss medication. Then, something interesting happened at her local coffee shop, her employer's healthcare costs, and the global economy.
Healthcare, Economics, Pharmaceuticals, Weight Loss
385 points by herbertl 56 days ago | 531 comments
A Chinese company made a drug that beat the biggest-selling medicine (cnn.com)
Pharmaceuticals, China, Competition
4 points by thelastgallon 58 days ago | 0 comments
Hotdogs and motorways: The ripples created by Denmark's Ozempic and Wegovy boom (bbc.com)
American demand for weight-loss drugs is supercharging Denmark’s economy and transforming a small Danish community into an unlikely boomtown.
Economy, Healthcare, Denmark, Pharmaceuticals, Obesity
6 points by PotatoNinja 64 days ago | 0 comments
China's leap in pharma: slow and fast trends behind its rise (alexkesin.com)
In 2024, China’s pharmaceutical industry made headlines. To some extent – it was one of the biggest shocks of last year. Once known primarily for generic drugs and contract manufacturing, China is now producing innovative therapies, attracting major investments, and striking high-profile deals with Western pharma – something few expected only a decade ago would happen.
Pharmaceuticals, China, Healthcare, Business, Innovation
5 points by quadrin 64 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Opinion on efforts to find prior art on outrageous priced drugs (ycombinator.com)
Pharmaceuticals, Pricing, Legal Issues, Technology, Business
8 points by JPLeRouzic 65 days ago | 10 comments
It's not just AI. China's medicines are surprising the world, too (economist.com)
It’s not just AI. China’s medicines are surprising the world, too
China, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, International Relations, Surprises
38 points by helsinkiandrew 68 days ago | 62 comments
The lottery of the snakebite antivenom industry (theguardian.com)
Investigation reveals ineffective products being sold across Africa, with poor regulation and shortage of effective medication leading to needless deaths
Health, Africa, Regulation, Pharmaceuticals
77 points by n1b0m 72 days ago | 39 comments
New obesity drugs are coming: these are the ones to watch (nature.com)
Dozens of new obesity drugs are coming: these are the ones to watch
Medicine, Health, Pharmaceuticals, Obesity
5 points by sohkamyung 72 days ago | 0 comments
The Physicians Are Healing Themselves, with Ozempic (nytimes.com)
At cardiology conferences and diabetes meetings, doctors can’t help noticing that thin seems to be very in.
Health, Medicine, Obesity, Weight Loss, Pharmaceuticals
43 points by CharlesW 75 days ago | 86 comments
How a Leftist Activist Group Helped Torpedo a Psychedelic Therapy (nytimes.com)
After more than three decades of planning and a $250 million investment, Lykos Therapeutics’ application for the first psychedelic drug to reach federal regulators was expected to be a shoo-in.
Politics, Psychedelic Therapy, Pharmaceuticals, Activism
7 points by mikhael 81 days ago | 2 comments
US drug agency approves potent painkiller – the first non-opioid in decades (nature.com)
The FDA’s nod for suzetrigine bolsters confidence in the pharmaceutical industry’s strategy to target sodium channels.
Pharmaceuticals, Pain Management, Medical News, FDA Approval, Sodium Channels
32 points by pseudolus 84 days ago | 2 comments
FDA approves Vertex's non-opioid painkiller, first new pain medicine in decades (cnbc.com)
FDA Approval, Pharmaceuticals, Pain Management, Healthcare
7 points by donsupreme 85 days ago | 0 comments
FDA Approves Novel Non-Opioid Treatment for Moderate to Acute Pain (fda.gov)
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Journavx (suzetrigine) 50 milligram oral tablets, a first-in-class non-opioid analgesic, to treat moderate to severe acute pain in adults.
FDA, Pharmaceuticals, Pain Management, Medical News, Health
8 points by impish9208 85 days ago | 1 comments
FDA Approves drug to treat pain without opioid effects (nytimes.com)
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new medication Thursday to treat pain from an injury or surgery.
FDA, Pain Management, Pharmaceuticals, Medical News
53 points by remh 85 days ago | 32 comments
Weight-loss surgery down 25 percent as anti-obesity drug use soars (2024) (news.harvard.edu)
A new study examining a large sample of privately insured patients with obesity found that use of drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy as anti-obesity medications more than doubled from 2022 to 2023. During that same period, there was a 25.6 percent decrease in patients undergoing metabolic bariatric surgery to treat obesity.
Weight Loss, Medical Treatments, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Obesity
7 points by paulpauper 88 days ago | 1 comments
Ozempic and Wegovy are selected for Medicare's price negotiations (apnews.com)
Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to Medicare’s list of medications that will be negotiated directly between the government and drug manufacturers, the Biden administration said Friday.
Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Government, Medicare
188 points by geox 99 days ago | 328 comments
Ask HN: Why do some medicines come as pills and others as capsules? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Why do some medicines come as pills and others as capsules?
Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Health, Science
9 points by litoE 118 days ago | 8 comments