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Informatics helps virtual biotech bring compound to clinical trial

Drug Discovery World

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

Drug Discovery World

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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What to expect from drug discovery and development in 2023

Drug Discovery World

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong takes a look at the pharmaceutical research and development market in 2023 and asks key opinion leaders what challenges and trends will emerge throughout the year. As such, 2022 saw a marked fall in ROI for global pharmaceutical companies and their research and development activities.

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

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We suggest a new generation of screening assays, that better recapitulate the electrophysiology of the whole human heart, may allow better decisions across research and development. The models chosen can be surprisingly ‘under-evaluated’ given their powerful effect on the quality of research and development decisions.

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