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# Drugs


## Drugs


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ce455e2762c9fe0/6a6270fb0b2ea796d573773c/FDA.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 23, 2026  
## [An FDA Committee Just Voted in Favor of Peptides—Despite the Agency's Opposition](https://time.com/article/2026/07/23/fda-committee-peptides/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alana Semuels
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf38290132616d279/6a0f095fbf768f1915dbaecf/GettyImages-1793099940.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 21, 2026  
## [A Next-Generation Drug Causes Dramatic Weight Loss](https://time.com/article/2026/05/21/eli-lilly-new-weight-loss-drug/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c23e83151499015/69eb71c5b704368853f880e1/GettyImages-1344807337.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 28, 2026  
## [What to Know About Trump’s Reclassification of Medical Marijuana](https://time.com/article/2026/04/24/trump-reclassification-medical-marijuana/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Veronique Greenwood
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6121512b42db66b/69e7c1fe47324f5cafda45e5/trump-psychedelics.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 22, 2026  
## [What to Know About Trump’s Psychedelics Executive Order](https://time.com/article/2026/04/21/trump-psychedelics-executive-order-what-to-know/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Veronique Greenwood
* ![Wegovy pill launch](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcfa7a54726b4118/6998cc94f1b08297eb6f1f84/wegovy-pill-launch-2026-06.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 5, 2026  
## [A Pill Version of Wegovy Hits Pharmacies](https://time.com/7343023/wegovy-pill-weight-loss-drugs-novo-nordisk/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ef5a9a3341f292d/6998cc7d25f3eef2a2645437/Novo-Nordisk-oral-semaglutide-25-mg_image-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 23, 2025  
## [Wegovy Now Comes in a Pill](https://time.com/7342274/the-weight-loss-drug-wegovy-now-comes-in-a-pill/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![Cindy Eckert](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1adb99cf5cdcf57e/6998cc52a97fc08bd8a74f26/Cindy-Eckert.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 16, 2025  
## [A Pill for Sexual Desire Reaches a New Group of Women](https://time.com/7341012/sexual-desire-pill-addyi-cindy-eckert/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![TOPSHOT-US-POLITICS-TRUMP-CABINET](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1b9a658f17bdf2f/6998cc2c9fbc7cc59ad9aa96/GettyImages-2248983358.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 5, 2025  
## [Hegseth Says U.S. 'Just Sunk Another Narco Boat'](https://time.com/7338857/hegseth-confirms-another-boat-strike-controversy-war-crime-debate/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Olivia-Anne Cleary
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde87e5f650ed53ec/6998cbf29fbc7c3760d9aa42/GettyImages-2221165502.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 24, 2025  
## [Weight-Loss Drugs Don’t Work for Alzheimer’s](https://time.com/7336445/glp-1-medications-weight-loss-drugs-alzheimers-disease/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![Colorful pills, blisters](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3157cb375fd4f335/6998c9a81f67098ae2f56b71/drugs.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 10, 2025  
## [Trump Cracks Down on Drug Ads](https://time.com/7315848/drug-advertising-pharmaceutical-companies-trump-executive-order-side-effects-explainer/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Chad de Guzman  
* ![Dental Aid](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42ac6cd38e23bcba/6998c8941500fbab5daa6780/fluoride-treatment.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 23, 2025  
## [FDA Moves to Ban Fluoride Supplements](https://time.com/7305009/fda-fluoride-supplements-dentists/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alana Semuels
* ![Psilocybin Mushrooms Increasingly Sought For Therapeutic Purposes](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ab3a4733a79a4fc/6998c79a83ec3750cac7ab22/magic-mushrooms-shrooms-medicinal-use.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 18, 2025  
## [New Zealand Approves ‘Shrooms’ to Treat Depression](https://time.com/7295413/psilocybin-magic-mushrooms-hallucinogen-new-zealand-approved-medicinal-therapeutic-depression/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Chad de Guzman
* ![zepbound](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2807d471ecd17a17/6998c68fe1ba00111c98d8cb/zepbound.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 12, 2025  
## [Which Weight-Loss Drug Works the Best?](https://time.com/7284750/weight-loss-drug-wegovy-zepbound/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![On display were some of the potential iterations of delivery methods Eli Lilly considered for Orforglipron. Captured at Eli Lilly’s headquarters in Indianapolis, IN. on Monday, March 31st, 2025. Kevin Serna for TIME.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e8df75636bcb916/6998c5e3e2d64b451ec5f429/eli-lilly-weight-loss-pill-05.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 17, 2025  
## [How a New Weight-Loss Pill Could Transform Health](https://time.com/7278429/weight-loss-obesity-pill-eli-lilly/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![Wegovy; Zepbound](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta49809c850734c51/6998c5961f6709a466f56454/wegovy-zepbound-medicare_c78d39.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 7, 2025  
## [Medicare Won't Cover Weight-Loss Drugs](https://time.com/7275495/medicare-glp-1-drugs-weight-loss/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park

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