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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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Leading dementia charity launches three Drug Discovery Institutes

18 February 2015 | By Alzheimer’s Research UK

Institutes at Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and UCL will form £30m Drug Discovery Alliance...

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SensiQ Technologies and Inventiva set up a European Center of Excellence in surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technologies

9 February 2015 | By SensiQ Technologies/Inventiva

Based in Dijon, France, the Center will boast a unique offering for drug discovery in Europe, combining Inventiva’s screening platforms and libraries with SensiQ’s instrumentation...

First patient enrolled in the New Drugs 4 Bad Bugs (ND4BB) programme

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First patient enrolled in the New Drugs 4 Bad Bugs (ND4BB) programme

3 February 2015 | By Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)

Two years after the start of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)-funded New Drugs 4 Bad Bugs (ND4BB) programme, the first patient has been enrolled into a Phase 2 trial sponsored by MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca. The trial with MEDI4893 is among mechanically ventilated intubated…

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Roche enters a broad strategic collaboration with Foundation Medicine in the field of molecular information in oncology

12 January 2015 | By Roche

Collaboration leverages both companies’ strengths to advance the progress of personalized treatments for patients with cancer...

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Oxford Global Conferences received excellent feedback from the 2014 Drug Discovery USA Congress

8 January 2015 | By Oxford Global Conferences

Oxford Global Conferences were proud to present the Drug Discovery USA Congress this October in Boston, USA...

Research suggests ion channel blocking drugs could be used in cancer therapy

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Trial finds cancer drug can block key signal in cancer growth and drug resistance

6 January 2015 | By The Institute of Cancer Research

An experimental cancer drug may block an important driver for the survival, growth and spread of cancer cells...

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Key US patents granted for GPCR-focused drug discovery platform arising from pioneering research and translational expertise at MRC and MRC Technology

17 December 2014 | By MRC Technology

Structure-based drug discovery platform targets challenging GPCRs linked to human disease...

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ZoBio and Domainex join forces to deliver crucial drug target information to support FORMA therapeutics’ drug discovery programs

10 December 2014 | By ZoBio and Domainex

ZoBio (Leiden, The Netherlands) and Domainex Ltd. (Cambridge, UK) announce a collaboration with FORMA Therapeutics (Watertown, MA, USA) to provide NMR-based structural biology services for a substantial panel of FORMA drug targets...

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reViral receives over US$1Mn in funding

4 December 2014 | By reViral

Second tranche of Seeding Drug Discovery award from Wellcome Trust Innovations...

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Evotec and Sanofi discuss major multi-component strategic collaboration

3 December 2014 | By Evotec

Evotec AG announced today that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with Sanofi on a major multi-component strategic alliance over the next five years.

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BioVersys and Enamine announce extension of drug discovery collaboration to address multidrug-resistant bacterial infections

2 December 2014 | By BioVersys and Enamine

Enamine Ltd. and BioVersys AG announced the extension of their drug discovery collaboration for the 4th consecutive year...

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International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP) calls on governments to reverse ‘disturbing’ trend of lack of new drugs for the 10% of the global population affected by brain diseases

2 December 2014 | By The International College of Neuropsychopharmacology

The International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP) has published a paper in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery on how global governments must act to address the dearth of new drugs for central nervous system (CNS) diseases...

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MRC Technology and Yabao Pharmaceuticals announce exclusive partnership in China to develop novel therapeutics for Parkinson’s disease

24 November 2014 | By MRC Technology / Yabao Pharmaceuticals

MRC Technology and Yabao Pharmaceutical Co, Inc. today announced an exclusive license agreement to discover, develop and commercialise innovative compounds targeting a specific kinase involved in neurodegeneration, with the aim of developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease...

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Professor Paul Workman pledges three-pronged attack on cancer evolution and drug resistance

21 November 2014 | By The Institute of Cancer Research

Professor Paul Workman sets out his vision for cancer drug discovery as he is appointed Chief Executive of The Institute of Cancer Research, London

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Daiichi Sankyo selects research partners for TaNeDS collaborative drug discovery project

11 November 2014 | By Daiichi Sankyo Company

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited announced that it has selected research partners for its 2014 TaNeDS (Take a New challenge for Drug diScovery) collaborative drug discovery project...

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