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Supercharging AI-drug discovery with strategic multiomic biobanks 

Drug Discovery World

Narain , PhD, President and CEO of BPGbio asks how a better calibre of biobanks in life sciences can lead to more drugs making it to market. We eagerly await future data read-outs from trials because after all, it is the drug that patients are waiting for, not our fancy algorithms. But the utility of biobanks varies.

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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

Drug Discovery World

For International Women’s Day, DDW’s Diana Spencer celebrates some of the women in leadership making an impact on the drug discovery and life sciences sector. The life sciences sector has traditionally outperformed others when it comes to attracting women to its workforce. Dr Loubna Bouarfa, Founder and CEO, OKRA.ai

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Manchester to get £60m development to enhance lab space

Drug Discovery World

million development in Manchester intended to enhance the city’s Oxford Road Corridor knowledge quarter as a hub for life sciences and technology innovation. Greenheys at Manchester Science Park is scheduled for completion in Summer 2026 and will span 131,000 sq ft across six floors. Work has started on a £60 ($75.1)

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The post-Covid New Normal: a golden opportunity for the NHS?

pharmaphorum

I recently had the pleasure of attending the PING Conference 2022 , which had the tagline of ‘The Golden Age for Life Sciences Innovation’. Aspirations for the UK in life sciences. So, with all that said, are we really in a golden age for UK life sciences? Reducing complexity across the NHS.

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How COVID-19 Has Permanently Changed The World of Medical Research

The Pharma Data

The life sciences ecosystem will need to capitalize on this momentum going forward to solve other diseases that will define the 21 st century. . We’re trying to do that for the world of biospecimens and life science research,” iSpecimen Founder and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Chris Ianelli told BioSpace. These are banks.

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Biorepositories as a Guiding Resource for Research & Drug Discovery

XTalks

Biobanks are used for the coordination of high-yield patient sample collection. Moreover, biobanks are no longer passive biorepositories for accrual of samples and serve a more utilitarian function in identifying and coordinating specific research cohorts for longitudinal and prospective studies. Biobanking Models.

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How biomarkers can help discover new treatments for women’s health

Drug Discovery World

We previously conducted a hypothesis-free study using genotype data from the UK Biobank, which resulted in the first mechanism-based stratification of endometriosis patients. Are drug repurposing strategies possible and can clinical trial outcomes be improved through more targeted recruitment methods?

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