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Informatics helps virtual biotech bring compound to clinical trial

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With no in-house laboratory space, the company works closely with multiple international contract research organisations (CROs), including Axxam, which carry out all of the Libra R&D, from compound screening assays, to in vivo pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic and ADME work, as well as in vitro and in vivo pre-clinical safety assessments.

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Taking a new approach to tackle neurodegenerative diseases

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New York-based Oligomerix is an emerging clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing disease-modifying therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases characterised by aberrant tau protein ranging from rare tauopathies such as progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) to Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

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AI use in repurposing drugs for Covid-19

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Clinical trials revealed eight out of nine predictions were correct. In the months and years that followed our screens to rapidly identify repurposable treatments for Covid-19, we watched closely as our predictions made their way through clinical studies and into patients.

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What to expect from drug discovery and development in 2023

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The modernisation of R&D models could be key to reducing spend on new drugs, a point that Deloitte makes about the need to transform the clinical trials process. At the height of the pandemic, DCTs were seen as a viable alternative to keeping the engines running on clinical trials when non-critical in-person care was paused.

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Re-assessing the risks of drug-induced arrhythmias during drug discovery

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Consequently, electrophysiological techniques need to be developed that can provide better translation from small mammalian hearts into larger hearts and then on into human clinical trials. Figure 3: Electrograms (left panel) are recorded at increasingly short intervals between the stimuli (the ‘S1S2 interval’).

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