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BenevolentAI is the first AI company to have a CMO on its staff.
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ESCMID and ASM’s review need for new strategies and tactics to fight antimicrobial resistance
11 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) have just closed a joint conference in Vienna, which aimed to help researchers accelerate the development of new antimicrobials and to shed light on the challenges associated with antimicrobial resistance.
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IDF calls for internationally standardised monitoring of cardiovascular disease in diabetics
29 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
It is difficult to estimate the global burden of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes, due to lack of data and standardisation...
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Imaging In-Depth Focus 2016
In this Imaging In-Depth Focus: Norman Peterson, from MedImmune/AstraZeneca, looks at the practical application of in vivo optical imaging in biotherapeutic biodistribution analyses. Plus, experts from MRC Technology discuss high-content imaging in drug discovery, and Molecular Devices feature in our Q&A...
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‘Library’ of de-prioritised pharma compounds available for researchers
UK scientists can apply for MRC funding to use any of the compounds in medical research studies to investigate the underlying mechanics of disease...
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MRC Technology, AstraZeneca, Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation to collaborate on respiratory disease research
1 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
A collaboration to investigate the link between epigenetics and respiratory disease and to find new drug treatments involves...
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Chronos Therapeutics appoints new VPs for MS and PTSD research
4 August 2016 | By Niamh Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Chronos Therapeutics, a biotech company researching ageing diseases, brain and nervous system disorders, have announced the appointment of Dr Fraser Murray and Dr Timothy Schulz-Utermoehl, as Vice Presidents of Pre-Clinical Development...
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New initiative to find epigenetic drug targets in respiratory disease
15 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
MRCT and AstraZeneca are seeking academics with relevant epigenetics targets to collaborate with them to develop novel treatments for respiratory diseases...
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AstraZeneca’s genomics initiative to transform drug discovery
22 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
AstraZeneca has launched an integrated genomics initiative to transform drug discovery and development across its entire research and development pipeline...
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ADDoPT project set to transform the UK pharma industry
28 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The ADDoPT project addresses the key challenge of getting new innovative medicines to market in the quickest and most cost-effective way...
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Apollo Therapeutics Fund launched to drive therapeutic innovation
25 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The Apollo Therapeutics Fund will support the translation of ground-breaking academic science into innovative new medicines for a broad range of diseases...
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AstraZeneca and Moderna enter mRNA therapy collaboration
11 January 2016 | By Victoria White
mRNA-based therapies are an innovative treatment approach that enables the body to produce therapeutic protein in vivo, opening up new treatment options for a wide range of diseases...
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AstraZeneca and MedImmune to harness the power of the Secretome
11 December 2015 | By Victoria White
The companies have joined WCPR to develop new technologies for biologics production and to identify new targets for disease research in the ground-breaking area of the Secretome...
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Pelago and AstraZeneca enter CETSA research collaboration
27 November 2015 | By
Pelago and AstraZeneca will together develop assay formats and applications of the CETSA method relevant across the range of AstraZeneca’s therapeutic areas...
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AstraZeneca invests in its Cambridge lead discovery centre
20 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The company has announced three new partnerships that will deliver a collaborative screening platform, space-age robotics, and sound waves that can move liquids...