He believes that a great deal
of drug discovery research, and hence informal training in the area, is performed at academic institutions located in Canada's bioscience clusters, and their spin - off companies.
Not exact matches
In January 2017, SiteOne announced the closing
of a
research and development agreement with Amgen, a collaboration focused on combining SiteOne's experienced
drug discovery team and portfolio
of novel Naᵥ1.7 inhibitors with Amgen's neuroscience capabilities.
«Her breadth
of experience in biomedical
research and development can benefit Exelixis greatly as the company recommits its resources to
drug discovery and bolstering its pipeline following the successful ongoing commercialization
of its lead medicine, CABOMETYX.»
An original co-founder
of MaRS, U
of T has chosen the site for its renowned
research teams working in
drug discovery, regenerative medicine, infectious diseases and advanced computing.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — February 5, 2018 — FLX Bio, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the
discovery and development
of oral small molecule
drugs to activate the immune system against cancer, today announced the appointment
of senior pharmaceutical
research and development executive Michael F. Giordano, M.D., to its Board
of Directors.
As an investment, a
drug that is in the
discovery or pre-clinical stage is a very risky proposition, with less than a 1 % chance
of getting to market (according to an industry report published in 2003 by the Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers
of America).
MaRS Innovation (MI) and the Centre for
Drug Research and Development (CDRD) are pleased to announce that they have entered into an agreement to collaborate on projects
of mutual interest with a goal to advance and commercialize early - stage health - related
discoveries.
This includes a stem cell
research centre, a network
of drug discovery institutes and a # 20 million global clinical development fund dedicated to supporting Phase I and II clinical trials; and a # 2 million collaboration between University
of Cambridge and University College London that will use donated cells from people with Alzheimer's to test potential new treatments
Looking at sixty - seven recent
drug discovery projects based on preclinical cancer biology
research, they found that in more than 75 percent
of cases the published data did not match up with their in - house attempts to replicate.
In listening to our terminally ill patients, we were always impressed that even the most accepting, the most realistic patients left the possibility open for some cure, for the
discovery of a new
drug or the «last minute success in a
research project.»
PDX models are created by implanting cancerous tissue from a human primary tumor directly into immunodeficient mouse or rat models, enabling acceleration
of oncology
research or
drug discovery and development programs.
Although the pharmaceutical industry, like the rest
of the business world, has suffered a slowdown, the market
research company Frost and Sullivan still expects spending on
drug discovery to expand from US$ 19.6 billion in 2002 to US$ 25.6 billion by 2006, an annual growth rate
of about 6 %.
Experts say it could also help to boost supplies
of cells for use in
drug discovery research and could eventually aid production
of cells for use as therapies.
Of approximately 300 staff at the Center for Therapeutic
Research, only nine postdocs and students are conducting basic research; the rest work in drug discovery and deve
Research, only nine postdocs and students are conducting basic
research; the rest work in drug discovery and deve
research; the rest work in
drug discovery and development.
Making the Leap: When, How, and Why a Career in
Drug Discovery May Be Right for You Matthew Bell who heads of discovery research for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals tells when, how, and why a career in drug discovery may be right for
Drug Discovery May Be Right for You Matthew Bell who heads
of discovery research for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals tells when, how, and why a career in
drug discovery may be right for
drug discovery may be right for you.
Richard Hargreaves, executive director
of imaging at Merck
Research Laboratories, says, «Nuclear imaging using radiotracers gives the opportunity to put your arms around proof -
of - concept very early in a
drug discovery and development program by focusing the selection
of doses to study on those proven to deliver enough
drug to the target therapeutic sites.»
«In any CNS
drug discovery program,» Hargreaves says, «occupancy studies form a very early part
of research.
During one - third
of the year, the students will learn about the cutting - edge developments in the life sciences with the greatest entrepreneurial potential — from bioinformatics to neuroscience, epidemiology,
drug discovery, and stem cell
research.
Other
research groups are also generating promising results through the use
of drugs to convert white fat cells into brown fat and through
discoveries of the pathways and hormones that control brown fat metabolism.
The journal provides cutting - edge
research including results from animal models that are likely to apply to patients, studies in human tissue that provide new information about therapies or disease, and innovative reports
of drug discovery and development.
«Anticonvulsant effects
of valproic acid uncovered:
Research reveals new underlying factor
of seizures; points to new
drug discovery approach.»
Promega, headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, has nearly a thousand employees worldwide and manufactures over two thousand products, consisting
of kits and reagents as well as integrated solutions for life science
research and
drug discovery, genetic identity, and clinical diagnostics.
«With the availability
of more and more data analytics in health care, it's the right time to use data to direct the investments
of drug discovery and biomedical
research for the common good,» said the study's first author, Lixia Yao, PhD, assistant professor at the University
of North Carolina at Charlotte.
«The scientists stand accused
of emailing and downloading proprietary data about [GlaxoSmithKline] products and sending it to contacts working for the Chinese startup Renopharma, which provides contract
research services for early
drug discovery, according to its website.»
The Canadian
drug discovery industry is still small, especially in comparison to the United States, owing to the lack
of big pharmaceutical companies conducting
research and development in this country.
Scientists are taking medical imaging
research and
drug discovery to a new level by developing a molecular imaging system that combines several advanced technologies for all - in - one imaging
of both tissue models and live subjects, say presenters at the 2015 Annual Meeting
of the Society
of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI).
Working on the premise that scientific
research is the foundation
of any technology industry, Hancock and others at UBC are writing a business proposal for an integrative centre for
drug research, with an objective
of developing intellectual property in
drug discovery, providing training for
drug discovery researchers, and developing new technologies.
«These results enable future studies in Alzheimer's and other disease models and highlight the importance
of basic
research which precedes
drug -
discovery,» says Jaan - Olle Andressoo.
The
discovery involved ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source, which provides the most intense pulsed neutron beams in the world for scientific
research and industrial development, and ORNL's Titan supercomputer, the nation's most powerful for open science — a one - two punch for illuminating the physical properties
of potential
drugs that inform new design principles for safer, improved delivery platforms.
«While we celebrate the «a ha» moment
of scientific
discovery and invention, such moments are only the point
of initiation for the basic
research required to develop new
drugs,» said Dr. Laura McNamee, the lead author
of the paper and a
research associate in Bentley's Center for Integration
of Science and Industry.
«This opens up entirely new opportunities in pharmaceutical
research and may lead to the
discovery of new
drugs,» says Yitzhak Apeloig, who specializes in organic chemistry at the Technion Israel Institute
of Technology in Haifa.
Professor Elkington highlights that more
research is needed to investigate the hypothesis but if it is proved, the
discovery could have major implications for the design
of new vaccines and
drug treatments.
An essential new way to move
discoveries forward has emerged in the form
of multi-stakeholder collaborations involving three or more different types
of organizations, such as
drug companies, government regulators and patient groups, write Magdalini Papadaki, a
research associate, and Gigi Hirsch, a physician - entrepreneur and executive director
of the MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation.
«It will be immediately relevant to many areas
of fundamental cell biology
research and practical applications such as
drug discovery.
Deuterium - and tritium - labeled pharmaceutical compounds are pivotal diagnostic tools in
drug discovery research, providing vital information about the biological fate
of drugs and
drug metabolites.
The scientists stand accused
of emailing and downloading proprietary data about GSK products and sending it to contacts working for the Chinese startup Renopharma, which provides contract
research services for early
drug discovery, according to its website.
The molecular details
of our
discovery will facilitate the design
of new
drugs and new vaccines,» said Alexis Kaushansky, PhD, an assistant professor at the Center for Infectious Disease
Research.
Some basic
research findings are being translated into new treatments, and with the
discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells in 2006, the field has seen a step - change in biological understanding that will affect the way new
drugs are identified and tested and, potentially, the way cells can be generated in the lab.
While
discovery - type positions tend to be filled by postdocs and graduate students, people who perform
drug formulation
research and contract manufacturing at places like the universities
of Kentucky, Iowa, and Maryland often take permanent positions as group leaders, supervisors, or technicians, Mayer adds.
The pharmaceutical industry is
research and development driven, given that company growth and viability are dependent on the
discovery of new
drug molecules.
One
of the most exciting recent advances in clinical cancer
research was the
discovery that this subgroup
of patients respond — sometimes dramatically — to a new class
of drugs targeting the MAPK pathway through which BRAF signals.
Research continues to apply this fundamental
discovery to the development
of innovative
drugs that could inhibit the X protein» highlights Dr. Simon Fletcher, from Gilead Sciences, Inc., whose team provided the in vivo verification
of the
discoveries made by the University
of Geneva microbiologists.
The
discovery, made in
research laboratories at the University
of Michigan Medical School and the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration, is published in the online journal PLoS Pathogens.
For the study, Ho and Kosik, leading experts in Alzheimer's
research, compiled a list
of 64 conceivable approaches to
drug discovery, addressing a range
of biological mechanisms that may be involved in the disease.
Scientists at The Scripps
Research Institute (TSRI) have demonstrated the power
of a new
drug discovery technique, which allows them to find — relatively quickly and cheaply — antibodies that have a desired effect on cells.
The experimental
research, conducted by Griffith University's Centre for Quantum Dynamics, aims to help in the design
of new molecules for materials science or
drug discovery.
Systems biology provides better methods
of drug discovery:
research teams can measure changes in genetic activity, protein levels and cellular behavior
of the immune system in response to a potential vaccine.
Overall, the upcoming involvement
of academia in the
drug discovery process will provide graduate students and postdocs the opportunity to gain experience and skills which are important for pharmaceutical and biotech companies whilst still engaging in hypothesis - driven academic
research.
Tomorrow is the 81st birthday
of Gertrude Belle Elion, a biochemist who discovered several new
drugs that saved thousands
of lives and whose
research revolutionized
drug discovery.
Their
discovery might ultimately lead to an alternative treatment for jaundice, such as a new
drug or supplement, says Daniel Kim, a
research technician in Guelph's Department
of Biomedical Sciences.