2022 - Drug Discovery Digest

The 2022 European drought: What was the role of climate change?

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The drought that lasted through the summer of 2022 was especially intense and caused the soil in many regions of Europe to dry out substantially. Public discussions about the causes repeatedly broached the question of the extent to which climate change intensified this extreme weather event.

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U.S. Measles Cases Reach 125, Surpassing Recent Peak in 2022

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APRIL 22, 2024

government data shows.That is more cases than were reported in all of 2022, the most recent annual peak. MONDAY, April 22, 2024 -- Measles infections continue to spread across the country, with 125 cases now reported in 18 states, new U.S.

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U.S. Suicide Numbers Hit New Record High in 2022

Drugs.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

suicide numbers reached a grim new high in 2022. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 29, 2023 -- U.S. The increase was most acute among women over the age of 24, according to provisional data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overall, almost.

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Key player in childhood food allergies identified: Thetis cells

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MAY 15, 2025

Thetis cells, a class of immune cells first described in 2022, play an essential and previously unknown role in suppressing inflammatory responses to food, a new study finds.

Massive 2022 eruption reduced ozone layer levels

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano changed the chemistry and dynamics of the stratosphere in the year following the eruption, leading to unprecedented losses in the ozone layer of up to 7% over large areas of the Southern Hemisphere.

Small Molecule of the Year – 2022

Drug Hunter

APRIL 20, 2023

We asked the global drug discovery community to nominate and vote on their favorite molecule from 2022, and the results are in. The 2022 winner, with the most overall votes across the ten finalist molecules , is BMS’ oral, deuterated allosteric TYK2 inhibitor, deucravacitinib, the first new treatment for plaque psoriasis in nearly a decade.

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CAR-T for lupus: the ‘tip of the iceberg’ for cell therapy in autoimmune disease

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

JANUARY 30, 2024

Since a landmark paper in 2022, drugmakers have begun nearly a dozen trials of cell therapies for lupus, with more set to start. Here’s why their efforts are worth watching.

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How Earth's most intense heat wave ever impacted life in Antarctica

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

An atmospheric river brought warm, moist air to the coldest and driest corner of the planet in 2022, pushing temperatures 70 degrees above average. A new study reveals what happened to Antarctica's smallest animals.

Global life expectancy to increase by nearly 5 years by 2050 despite geopolitical, metabolic, and environmental threats

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MAY 17, 2024

years in females between 2022 and 2050. The latest findings forecast that global life expectancy will increase by 4.9 years in males and 4.2 Increases are expected to be largest in countries where life expectancy is lower, contributing to a convergence of increased life expectancy across geographies.

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Massive merger: Study reveals evidence for origin of supermassive black hole at galaxy's center

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The study builds on recent observations from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which captured the first direct image of Sgr A* in 2022.

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Investigating newly discovered hydrothermal vents at depths of 3,000 meters off Svalbard

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JUNE 28, 2024

During a 2022 expedition of the MARIA S. Hydrothermal vents can be found around the world at the junctions of drifting tectonic plates. But there are many hydrothermal fields still to be discovered. MERIAN, the first field of hydrothermal vents on the 500-kilometer-long Knipovich Ridge off the coast of Svalbard was discovered.

EIT Health Catapult 2022 names health start-up winners

Drug Discovery Today

MAY 26, 2022

The EIT Health Catapult 2022 competition winners, selected from 9 finalists, are digital health start-up, Ebenbuild; medtech start-up, Leuko and biotech start-up, SolasCure. The winners were chosen during this year’s EIT Health Summit at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, which took place 24th-25th May.

More Women Underwent Surgical Sterilization After Fall of Roe v. Wade

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Wade was overturned in 2022, rates of surgical sterilization rose in those states most affected by the decision, new research shows. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 -- As fears of the consequences of an unintended pregnancy rose after Roe v. Rates of.

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Fall of Roe v. Wade Has Made Access to Ob/Gyns Tougher in Many States: Report

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JULY 18, 2024

Wade in June 2022, even more women have struggled to find reproductive care, a new report warns.Issued Thursday by the Commonwealth Fund, the report shows that women living. THURSDAY, July 18, 2024 -- Ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.

Stroke Rates Are Rising, Especially Among the Young

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MAY 23, 2024

THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 -- The rate at which Americans under the age of 65 suffered a stroke rose by about 15% between 2011 and 2022, new government data shows.That was true even among the young: The rate of stroke jumped 14.6% among people ages 18.

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Video gaming improves mental well-being, landmark study finds

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AUGUST 27, 2024

A pioneering study titled 'Causal effect of video gaming on mental well-being in Japan 2020-2022,' published in Nature Human Behaviour, has conducted the most comprehensive investigation to date on the causal relationship between video gaming and mental well-being.

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Brightest gamma-ray burst of all time came from the collapse of a massive star

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APRIL 12, 2024

In 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time. Now, astronomers confirm that a 'normal' supernova, the telltale sign of a stellar collapse, accompanied the GRB. The team also looked for signatures of heavy elements like gold and platinum in the supernova.

A virus could help save billions of gallons of wastewater produced by fracking

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APRIL 30, 2024

An estimated 168 billion gallons of wastewater -- or produced water -- is generated annually by the Permian Basin fracking industry, according to a 2022 report. The major waste stream has proved both difficult and costly to treat because of the chemical complexity of the water.

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Ketamine Use Is on the Rise in U.S.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

adults increased 40% between 2021 and 2022, researchers say.That follows a nearly 82% increase in. MONDAY, Jan. 20, 2025 -- Many more Americans are turning to ketamine for kicks, a new study reports.Recreational use of the anesthetic drug among U.S.

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Humira leads ICER’s latest list of ‘unsupported’ price hikes

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

DECEMBER 11, 2023

billion in 2022, according to the price watchdog’s latest yearly report. AbbVie’s blockbuster medicine topped a list of treatments that, combined, elevated U.S. healthcare spending by $1.3

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Holographic 3D printing has the potential to revolutionize multiple industries

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

It builds on a method introduced in 2022 that described how sonochemical reactions in microscopic cavitations regions -- tiny bubbles -- create extremely high temperatures and pressure for trillionths of a second to harden resin into complex patterns. Researchers have developed a novel method of 3D printing that uses acoustic holograms.

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High Rates of Loneliness Seen Among Bisexual and Transgender People

Drugs.com

JUNE 20, 2024

adults from 2022 finds the highest rates of. THURSDAY, June 20, 2024 -- Transgender and bisexual adults have rates of loneliness that are much higher than that of cisgender and heterosexual people, new data shows.Federal health data on U.S.

Steady Rise in U.S. Cases of Tick-Borne Babesiosis Disease

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

9, 2024 -- Cases of a tick-borne parasitic disease have steadily increased in recent years, a new study shows.Rates of babesiosis increased an average 9% a year in the United States between 2015 and 2022, researchers reported in. WEDNESDAY, Oct.

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Number of Americans With Type 2 Diabetes Jumped by 20% in a Decade

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AUGUST 22, 2024

21, 2024 -- Type 2 diabetes increased by nearly 20% in the United States between 2012 and 2022, with age, race, income level, obesity and lack of exercise all playing a role in the metabolic disease’s spread, a new study r. THURSDAY, Aug.

The heat index -- how hot it really feels -- is rising faster than temperature

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MARCH 20, 2024

Researchers showed in 2022 that heat index calculations by NOAA based on analyses from the 1970s don't adequately reflect the heat stress humans feel during the extremes of heat and humidity accompanying climate change.

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Rates of Anxiety, Depression Rising Among Americans, Especially the Young

Drugs.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

adults, especially younger folks, continues to rise, the latest federal data shows.Nearly 1 in every 5 (18.2%) adults reported anxiety issues in 2022, up from 15.6% THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 -- Rates of anxiety and depression among U.S.

U.S. Births Continue to Fall, Dropping by 17% Since 2007

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AUGUST 20, 2024

births falling by 2% last year compared to 2022, continuing a decades-long decline.Overall, annual U.S. TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 -- Final government data finds the number of U.S. birth numbers have fallen by 17% since peaking in 2007, according to.

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NASA's Fermi finds new feature in brightest gamma-ray burst yet seen

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JULY 25, 2024

In October 2022, astronomers were stunned by what was quickly dubbed the BOAT -- the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst (GRB). Now an international science team reports that data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals a feature never seen before.

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Gross-to-Net Bubble Update: 2022 Pricing Realities at 10 Top Drugmakers

Drug Channels

JUNE 13, 2023

When rebates and discounts were factored in, brand-name drug prices again declined—or grew slowly—in 2022. But for now, the 2022 data provide fresh inconvenient facts for the drug pricing flat earthers (#DPFE). You can find links to each company’s data below. However, some companies had net price gains. See the second chart below.

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In Mississippi, a Huge Jump in Cases of Babies Born With Syphilis

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

21, 2023 -- The United States is experiencing an alarming wave of congenital syphilis, and one southern state saw a 1,000% rise in babies born with the infection between 2016 and 2022. THURSDAY, Sept. The number of babies born with the infection in.

Bird Flu Is Spreading: What You Need To Know

Drugs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

2, 2025 -- A rapidly-spreading H5N1 avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu, has been devastating bird flocks and showing signs of spreading to other mammals.Since 2022, more than 147 million birds in the U.S. SUNDAY, Feb. have been affected.

Gross-to-Net Bubble Update: 2022 Pricing Realities at 10 Top Drugmakers (rerun)

Drug Channels

OCTOBER 4, 2023

When rebates and discounts were factored in, brand-name drug prices again declined—or grew slowly—in 2022. But for now, the 2022 data provide fresh inconvenient facts for the drug pricing flat earthers (#DPFE). You can find links to each company’s data below. However, some companies had net price gains. See the second chart below.

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Poll Finds Many Young Workers Feeling Stressed, Isolated

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JUNE 14, 2024

The 2022 Work in America survey, conducted by the American Psychological Association (APA), found that young adults are. FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 -- Many younger workers feel stressed, isolated and unappreciated at their jobs, a new survey has found.

Diphtheria-Like Germ Can Be Passed Between People and Pets

Drugs.com

JUNE 13, 2024

The respiratory illnesses occurred in 2022 and 2023 and. THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 -- The first two cases of a diphtheria-like illness being transmitted in the United States between people and their pets have been reported in Utah and Colorado.

DCI’s Top 15 Specialty Pharmacies of 2022: Five Key Trends About Today’s Marketplace

Drug Channels

APRIL 12, 2023

In Drug Channels Institute’s list of the top 15 pharmacies of 2022 , we show that central-fill, mail pharmacies operated by large PBMs and health insurers have displaced retail chains as the largest prescription drug dispensers by revenues.

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America's Rural Hospitals Are Shutting Down Maternity Wards

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

2022, a majority (52%) of rural U.S. THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 -- Hospitals across America are shuttering their obstetric units, and the issue is most acute for women served by rural hospitals, a new study finds.By hospitals no longer had any.

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Vape Sales Soared in 2022, Especially Flavors Appealing to Youth

Drugs.com

JUNE 22, 2023

THURSDAY, June 22, 2023 -- Despite a federal ban that has removed many flavored vapes from the U.S. market, monthly e-cigarette sales jumped 47% in the first two years of the pandemic, a new government study shows. The surge in total e-cigarette.

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Mpox Is Still Circulating Among U.S. Gay Men

Drugs.com

JUNE 6, 2024

THURSDAY, June 6, 2024 -- Though not at numbers seen in the 2022 outbreak, mpox cases are still circulating in the United States, largely among gay and bisexual men, new government data shows. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and.

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Drug Industry Taking Bigger Role in Clinical Cancer Trials

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

government trials did between 2018 and 2022, new research shows.The study -- conducted by researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center in. TUESDAY, Oct. 1, 2024 -- Clinical trials sponsored by Big Pharma enrolled eight times as many patients as U.S.-government

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Seniors Who Split: Rates of 'Gray Divorce' Have Tripled Since 1990

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Gray divorce” among folks 65 and older increased to 15% in 2022 from 5% in 1990, according to research from the National Cen. TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 -- Baby Boom seniors are divorcing at rates triple that of a few decades ago, a new study has found.“Gray

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Big Rise in Emergencies Involving Synthetic Weed Among Kids, Adults

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MAY 8, 2024

poison centers regarding so-called synthetic cannabis jumped 88% between 2021 and 2022, as use of these legally sold products rose, research shows.Synthetic cannabis contain varying forms of the active. WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 -- Calls to U.S.

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U.S. Syphilis Cases in Newborns Rose 10-fold Over a Decade

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Rates of congenital syphilis soared 10-fold between 2012 and 2022, according. TUESDAY, Nov. 7, 2023 -- An old scourge, syphilis, is returning with a vengeance in the United States, affecting not only adults but also the most vulnerable -- newborns.

Greenland's glacier retreat rate has doubled over past two decades

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A new study documents how Greenland's peripheral glaciers have changed from 1890 to 2022. Using satellite images and a unique archive of historical aerial photos, researchers documented changes in the lengths of more than 1,000 of the country's glaciers over the past 130 years.

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Rates of a tick-borne parasitic disease are on the rise

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Rates of babesiosis, a tick-borne parasitic disease, increased an average of 9% per year in the United States between 2015 and 2022 and four in 10 patients were found to be co-infected with another tick-borne illness such as Lyme disease, according to a new study.

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The 2022 European drought: What was the role of climate change?

U.S. Measles Cases Reach 125, Surpassing Recent Peak in 2022

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U.S. Suicide Numbers Hit New Record High in 2022

Key player in childhood food allergies identified: Thetis cells

Massive 2022 eruption reduced ozone layer levels

Small Molecule of the Year – 2022

CAR-T for lupus: the ‘tip of the iceberg’ for cell therapy in autoimmune disease

How Earth's most intense heat wave ever impacted life in Antarctica

Global life expectancy to increase by nearly 5 years by 2050 despite geopolitical, metabolic, and environmental threats

Massive merger: Study reveals evidence for origin of supermassive black hole at galaxy's center

Investigating newly discovered hydrothermal vents at depths of 3,000 meters off Svalbard

EIT Health Catapult 2022 names health start-up winners

More Women Underwent Surgical Sterilization After Fall of Roe v. Wade

Fall of Roe v. Wade Has Made Access to Ob/Gyns Tougher in Many States: Report

Stroke Rates Are Rising, Especially Among the Young

Video gaming improves mental well-being, landmark study finds

Brightest gamma-ray burst of all time came from the collapse of a massive star

A virus could help save billions of gallons of wastewater produced by fracking

Ketamine Use Is on the Rise in U.S.

Humira leads ICER’s latest list of ‘unsupported’ price hikes

Holographic 3D printing has the potential to revolutionize multiple industries

High Rates of Loneliness Seen Among Bisexual and Transgender People

Steady Rise in U.S. Cases of Tick-Borne Babesiosis Disease

Number of Americans With Type 2 Diabetes Jumped by 20% in a Decade

The heat index -- how hot it really feels -- is rising faster than temperature

Rates of Anxiety, Depression Rising Among Americans, Especially the Young

U.S. Births Continue to Fall, Dropping by 17% Since 2007

NASA's Fermi finds new feature in brightest gamma-ray burst yet seen

Gross-to-Net Bubble Update: 2022 Pricing Realities at 10 Top Drugmakers

In Mississippi, a Huge Jump in Cases of Babies Born With Syphilis

Bird Flu Is Spreading: What You Need To Know

Gross-to-Net Bubble Update: 2022 Pricing Realities at 10 Top Drugmakers (rerun)

Poll Finds Many Young Workers Feeling Stressed, Isolated

Diphtheria-Like Germ Can Be Passed Between People and Pets

DCI’s Top 15 Specialty Pharmacies of 2022: Five Key Trends About Today’s Marketplace

America's Rural Hospitals Are Shutting Down Maternity Wards

Vape Sales Soared in 2022, Especially Flavors Appealing to Youth

Mpox Is Still Circulating Among U.S. Gay Men

Drug Industry Taking Bigger Role in Clinical Cancer Trials

Seniors Who Split: Rates of 'Gray Divorce' Have Tripled Since 1990

Big Rise in Emergencies Involving Synthetic Weed Among Kids, Adults

U.S. Syphilis Cases in Newborns Rose 10-fold Over a Decade

Greenland's glacier retreat rate has doubled over past two decades

Rates of a tick-borne parasitic disease are on the rise

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