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Drug Discovery

 

In the fields of medicine, biotechnology and pharmacology, drug discovery is the process by which new candidate medications are discovered.

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First patient enrolled in the New Drugs 4 Bad Bugs (ND4BB) programme

3 February 2015 | By Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)

Two years after the start of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)-funded New Drugs 4 Bad Bugs (ND4BB) programme, the first patient has been enrolled into a Phase 2 trial sponsored by MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca. The trial with MEDI4893 is among mechanically ventilated intubated…

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International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP) calls on governments to reverse ‘disturbing’ trend of lack of new drugs for the 10% of the global population affected by brain diseases

2 December 2014 | By The International College of Neuropsychopharmacology

The International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP) has published a paper in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery on how global governments must act to address the dearth of new drugs for central nervous system (CNS) diseases...

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MRC Technology and Yabao Pharmaceuticals announce exclusive partnership in China to develop novel therapeutics for Parkinson’s disease

24 November 2014 | By MRC Technology / Yabao Pharmaceuticals

MRC Technology and Yabao Pharmaceutical Co, Inc. today announced an exclusive license agreement to discover, develop and commercialise innovative compounds targeting a specific kinase involved in neurodegeneration, with the aim of developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease...