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AI use in repurposing drugs for Covid-19

Drug Discovery World

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

Drug Discovery World

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

Drug Discovery World

The roles of individual mechanisms of electrophysiological fractionation analysis have also been studied in animal models in ferrets, rabbits and mice, which can be manipulated pharmacologically or genetically to illustrate relevant pathophysiological mechanisms.

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