A drug’s therapeutic index is a ratio that doctors use when prescribing medications and determining dosage. It shows how much of a drug a person’s blood can contain before it becomes toxic. The therapeutic index compares the blood concentration at ...

Pharmaceutical stocks are having a moment. The S&P 500 Pharmaceuticals Index recently rose 11% during five trading days, its best weekly gain since 2022. That sent the VanEck Phar

The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first prescription medicine for obstructive sleep apnea: the weight-loss drug Zepbound. The medicine, part of the class known as GLP-1 receptor agonists that also includes Ozempic, was cleared to ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional ...