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Taking a new approach to tackle neurodegenerative diseases

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Using its proprietary compound screening platform, Oligomerix discovers and develops differentiated, oral, small molecule inhibitors of tau self-association that are easy to administer and cost-effective. . With its recent award of $3.35 In the US alone, AD prevalence is expected to increase from 6.5 million in 2022 to 12.7

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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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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. A more recent analysis has illustrated how both assay validity and reproducibility correlate across a population of simulated screening and disease models 2.

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