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Although readers of Drug Target Review may be more focused upstream of clinical trials in the drug discovery pipeline, the efficacy of clinical trials should also be of interest. Millions of pounds invested in drug discovery in the laboratory could easily go to waste if the clinical trials stage is…
This article compares and contrasts a commonly used cell viability assay in manual and automated fashion and provides exemplar data from each scenario.
This article focuses on how the immune system functions, the challenges that it presents to drug development and why there are such concerns around safety that need to be investigated in pre-clinical studies. Moreover, it covers the role of checkpoint inhibitors as an attractive target for cancer immunotherapy.
High-throughput screening (HTS) has become an integral part of early stage drug discovery. This article looks at the use of the latest in vitro 3D cell and tissue culture model systems in HTS. We also highlight some of the bottlenecks and attempt a look into our crystal ball to identify…
There are no short-cuts in the complex field of lipidomics, explains Cristina Legido-Quigley, a Principal Investigator in Systems Medicine at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen in Denmark and at King’s College London.
The immune system is now regarded as a powerful weapon in the war against cancer, and in the current era immune cells have become ‘living drugs’. This review article considers some of the key advances in immuno-oncology...
As the drug discovery industry takes on the complex disease states that plague our world, the need for more relevant and timely answers from cell-based assays has become a major challenge.
Next generation sequencing (NGS) has transformed biological research, invigorating the field of genomics, and has increased understanding of our genetic basis.
Efficient microplate readers play an important role in effective hit molecule discovery. Mark Wigglesworth, of AstraZeneca, explains what he looks for in this technology.
A look back, and forward, at the key trends within laboratory informatics.
This recent webinar focused on the role of IntelliCyt’s iQue Screener PLUS platform as a high throughput suspension cell screening platform to facilitate simultaneous assessment of multiple parameters, while using minimal sample volumes.
Physiologically relevant screening models have become increasingly important in assay development and the screening of drug candidates.
Declining R&D productivity is a key challenge in the pharmaceutical industry. To increase the success rate of candidate drugs entering the clinical phase, companies must address the early stages of drug discovery.
Predictiveness is one of the key factors for success in the drug discovery workflow. Many compounds fail at late stages due to lack of predictive data or the discovery of unwanted side effects.
In this issue: how lab automation has accelerated pharmaceutical research by simplifying operations, reducing manual tasks and increasing the efficiency, quality and reproducibility of results.
