Researchers from Shaanxi Panlong Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd., Shaanxi Pioneer Biotech Co. Ltd. and affiliated organizations presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of novel pleuromutilin antibiotics, designed as organ-targeted, multimechanism antimicrobial agents using organic cation transporter-mediated transport.

Cardiothoracic surgeon and television personality Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), faced the U.S. Senate’s finance committee on March 14, suggesting the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and the reduction of drug prices would be among his top priorities, if confirmed.

With an at least $60 billion total addressable market, the liquid biopsy sector offers abundant opportunity for multiple companies to swim to the top. The six largest companies in the pool have just dipped their toes in the water, with a total penetration of only 10%, a white paper from RBC indicates.