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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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Dofetilide was found to inhibit the human Ether-à- go-go-Related Gene (hERG) encoding cardiac potassium channel, which mediates the repolarising current in the cardiac action potential (IKr). He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Engineering in Medicine Laboratory at Imperial College. He has a D.Phil.

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