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Drug Discovery

In the fields of medicine, biotechnology and pharmacology, drug discovery is the process by which new candidate medications are discovered.

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UNSW discovery could lead to new Alzheimer’s treatments

27 November 2015 | By Victoria White

Researchers have discovered how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease...

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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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ReproCELL acquires Scottish life sciences company Biopta

25 November 2015 | By Victoria White

The transaction, expected to complete next month, is aimed at strengthening ReproCELL’s pharmaceutical industry-targeted drug discovery services...

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Ablynx and Novo Nordisk in Nanobody drug discovery collaboration

25 November 2015 | By

Ablynx and Novo Nordisk hope to discover and develop novel multi-specific drug candidates using Ablynx's proprietary Nanobody technology...

Genomic support for target selection and validation in drug development

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Genomic support for target selection and validation in drug development: design of a new genotyping array

22 November 2015 | By Illumina

In this webinar, we focus on the use of microarray technology in drug development...

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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...

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Chemists turn bacterial molecules into potential drug molecules

16 November 2015 | By Victoria White

Researchers have created molecules that mimic and dominate toxic ones secreted by bacteria. The implications for the study of biology and pharmacology are said to be enormous...

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Boehringer Ingelheim pledges EUR 11 billion to R&D

11 November 2015 | By Victoria White

Of the total investment, EUR 5 billion will go to preclinical R&D with EUR 1.5 billion thereof planned for collaborations with external partners...

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Scientists help launch human dark proteome initiative

10 November 2015 | By Victoria White

The initiative aims to accelerate research into biology's "invisible mass" to provide novel insights into cell function and a new frontier in drug discovery...

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Eisai and IPC enter oncology R&D collaboration

4 November 2015 | By Victoria White

IPC will perform chemo-informatic virtual screening of a pre-selected Eisai chemical library, to identify new protein-protein inhibitors for further biological evaluation...

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Merck and Selvita announce oncology drug discovery collaboration

3 November 2015 | By Victoria White

The aim of the collaboration is to deliver potential first-in-class small molecules as lead candidate drugs for multiple oncology indications...

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Domainex expands its drug discovery service business

29 October 2015 | By Victoria White

Domainex is expanding all aspects of its drug discovery service business including biology, analytical chemistry and medicinal chemistry...

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UCLA discovery could lead to better recovery after stroke

28 October 2015 | By Victoria White

Researchers have identified a molecule that, after a stroke, initiate repairs to the brain...

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Disease recreated in mini-kidney organoids in the lab

23 October 2015 | By Victoria White

The work paves the way for personalised drug discovery for kidney disease...

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Gene discovery could lead to new treatments for sepsis

22 October 2015 | By Victoria White

Scientists have isolated the gene that produces Gasdermin-D - a protein that plays a critical role in the pathway to sepsis...

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