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Highs and lows of drug repurposing 

Drug Discovery World

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong explores the rise of drug repurposing and the benefits and disadvantages it brings to drug discovery and development. . It’s common knowledge that drug discovery and development is costly, lengthy and has no guarantee of success. Benefits and barriers . However, challenges remain.

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Building collaborations to fight a pandemic

The Pharma Data

Fortunately, as a member of the Novartis Business Development & Licensing (BD&L) department, she was in a position to try to help. She joined the Novartis COVID-19 R&D Task Force to help tackle the emerging pandemic, taking the reins of the business development workstream. First, do we believe in the goals?

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Transitioning Between Academia and Industry: Advice from Leading Scientists That Made the Switch

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And although academia and industry have often been pitted against each other in the realm of scientific discovery and development, there may be more similarities and synergies between the two than we may think. WeiQi Lin, MD, PhD, executive vice president of research & development and principal scientist, DURECT Corporation.