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ELRIG meeting will focus on genome engineering in drug discovery

Drug Discovery World

The fifth CRISPR in Drug Discovery: From Targets to Therapeutics meeting will be held face to face In Oxford on February 7-8, 2023. . The event will aim to provide a current perspective of the applications of these rapidly developing technologies with an emphasis on drug discovery applications. . Register here.

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BMS’s repotrectinib to have FoundationOne genomic sequencing companion diagnostic

Pharmaceutical Technology

FoundationOne CDx is a sequencing-based in vitro diagnostic device that can identify alterations in 324 genes from tumour samples. BMS says it expects the orally administered drug, which was granted breakthrough therapy designation in May 2022, to be approved in the second half of 2023.

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Artificial Intelligence innovation: Leading companies in in-silico drug discovery

Pharmaceutical Technology

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Artificial Intelligence in Pharmaceuticals: In-silico drug discovery. However, not all innovations are equal nor do they follow a constant upward trend.

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Nine new industry collaborations driving drug discovery forward

Drug Discovery World

The study demonstrates an important stage in Closed Loop Medicine and Pharmanovia’s co-development partnership to progress the development and launch of a drug plus software combination version of a first-line anti-hypertensive in the UK, before phased global roll-out and additional therapeutic areas are added.

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Gene editing in organoids: accounting for complexity in drug discovery

Drug Discovery World

Oksana Sirenko looks at the advantages and limitations of using organoids from human cell sources in drug development and drug screening. . The genome is the blueprint for life, consisting of genes made up of thousands of pairs of DNA bases. What are organoids? .

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Evotec and Variant Bio partner to develop fibrosis treatments

Drug Discovery World

The strategic partnership will combine Variant Bio’s genomic discovery capabilities and VB-Inference platform with Evotec’s knowledge of antifibrotic drug discovery. The strategic partnership will combine Variant Bio’s genomic discovery capabilities and VB-Inference platform with Evotec’s knowledge of antifibrotic drug discovery.

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Solving the diagnostic odyssey with multi-omics

Drug Discovery World

Her current work focuses on advancing the fields of genome sequencing and analysis, with an emphasis on identifying complex structural variation. She speaks to Megan Thomas on how genomics can advance drug discovery and development. She speaks to Megan Thomas on how genomics can advance drug discovery and development.

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