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Recent Examples of wonder drug
Sometimes dubbed wonder drugs, the injection-format medicines, which include major brand names like Ozempic and Wegovy can assist in major weight loss.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
There’s a little bit of business about how Zora and her team will be harvesting blood from the biggest dinos of land, sea, and sky in order to create a wonder drug that will cure heart disease … and isn’t heart disease how her mother died?
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 July 2025
This class of treatment — monoclonal antibodies, special artificial proteins that carry instructions to the body’s immune system — have the potential to be a genuine all-in-one allergy wonder drug.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025
Photo: David Yellen The first great wonder drug was insulin, the blood-sugar-regulating hormone that was isolated in Canada nearly a century ago.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2015
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
There’s a little bit of business about how Zora and her team will be harvesting blood from the biggest dinos of land, sea, and sky in order to create a wonder drug that will cure heart disease … and isn’t heart disease how her mother died?
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 July 2025
This class of treatment — monoclonal antibodies, special artificial proteins that carry instructions to the body’s immune system — have the potential to be a genuine all-in-one allergy wonder drug.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025
Photo: David Yellen The first great wonder drug was insulin, the blood-sugar-regulating hormone that was isolated in Canada nearly a century ago.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonder drug
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Its reputation as a miracle drug for animal and human disease began with its discovery in the 1970s.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
2 Mar. 2026
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And people with debilitating conditions aren’t necessarily expecting a miracle drug, said the anonymous Reddit user.—
Sara Talpos — Undark,
STAT,
3 Feb. 2026
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The planned execution of Thomas Creech in 2024 could not be carried out because a suitable vein could not be found to administer lethal drugs.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2026
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Police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal drug overdose in Fairfield in December.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
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The trend also comes at a time when weight-loss medications are on the rise, more ultra-thin physiques appear to dominate red carpets and some social media users have built platforms off the outward pursuit of thinness.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Why Powder Prices Keep Rising Whey protein powder prices have reached record highs over the last several years due to supply shortages and surging demand, partly driven by the explosion of GLP-1 weight-loss medications.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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But large-scale remedies, such as finding alternative sources of revenue like a general tax increase to offset property tax cuts, are less likely when lawmakers and Pritzker are seeking reelection — though political pressures are lessened after the November general election in a lame-duck session.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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In 2025, Delaware’s Supreme Court said Musk’s 2018 pay package must be restored, deciding that the lower court’s decision by McCormick was too extreme a remedy and did not give Tesla a chance to say what a fair compensation for Musk ought to be.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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There are over 10,000 rare diseases — 95% of which don't have a cure.—
Brad Quick,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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March is Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month, and for families navigating celiac disease, treatment does not come in the form of medication or a cure.—
Breana Pitts,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Wonder drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonder%20drug. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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