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Delivering transformative treatments to cancer patients

In the In Conversation With series, a part of the free DDW podcast, DDW speaks with members of the drug discovery industry about their work and how it helps turn science into business.    In this episode, Megan Thomas is in conversation with Shelley Ackerman, a biological engineer turned immunologist with a passion for drug discovery and development. Ackerman […]

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DDW Highlights: 11 September 2023

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.  This week we have seen the vital importance of collaboration to the successful development and discovery of novel therapeutics, exemplified by the new […]

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How is mass spectrometry advancing drug discovery?

This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, “How is mass spectrometry advancing drug discovery?”, which covers two articles written for Volume 23, Issue 3 – Summer 2022 of DDW. They are called “Native mass spectrometry: Drug discovery’s new kid on the block”, and “Addressing the developability gap in pharma”. In the […]

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DDW Highlights: 4 September 2023

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.  This week’s headline news features a stem-cell derived Parkinson’s therapy, a monoclonal antibody for head and neck cancer, an estrogen receptor degrader for […]

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DDW Highlights: 29 August 2023

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.  The headline news this week reflects the high level of interest and investment in neuroscience drug discovery, particularly neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s; including […]

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A deep dive into US drug discovery

This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, “What lies in the future for genomics and big data?”, which covers two articles written for Volume 23, Issue 3 – Summer 2022 of DDW. They are called “US biotech: Focus on positive growth and innovation”, and “Sitting down with Calidi Biotherapeutics”. In the […]

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DDW Highlights: 21 August 2023

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.  Diana Spencer has chosen news stories this week which all discuss pre-clinical research studies that could have a huge impact on our therapeutic […]

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DDW Highlights: 14 August 2023

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.  The news headlines this week reflect the level of interest in cell & gene therapies (CGT) in the sector, particularly CAR-T, but also […]

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Speeding up the drug discovery process for rare disease patients

In the In Conversation With series, a part of the free DDW podcast, DDW speaks with members of the drug discovery industry about their work and how it helps turn science into business.    In this latest episode, DDW’s Megan Thomas is in conversation with Dr Bruce Bloom, Chief Collaboration Officer at Healx, a biotechnology company using AI drug discovery […]

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DDW Highlights: 7 August 2023

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.  The pace of innovation in cancer drug discovery showed no signs of slowing this week, with several pretty momentous discoveries boosting research […]

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What lies in the future for genomics and big data?

This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, “What lies in the future for genomics and big data?”, which covers two articles written for Volume 23, Issue 3 – Summer 2022 of DDW. They are called “What’s the next step in big data and AI?” and “Why a recent advancement is a […]

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DDW Highlights: 31 July 2023

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.  To coincide with the publication of the DDW eBook ‘Antibody discovery: Breakthroughs accelerating therapeutic antibodies’, our news highlights this week all focus on […]

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DDW Highlights: 24 July 2023

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.  The most impactful drug discovery news this week is all linked with scientific research data. Analysts Phesi revealed that a third of clinical […]

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A business case for drug discovery

This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, “A business case for drug discovery”, which covers three articles written for Volume 23, Issue 3 – Summer 2022 of DDW. They are called “A deal in the making”, “Why project management holds the key to efficient drug development”, and “Transcending expectations for cell & […]

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DDW Highlights: 17 July 2023

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.  Despite the bad news for the UK life sciences industry this week that international investment dropped nearly 50% in 2022, both private and […]

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Bridging the gaps in drug discovery

In the In Conversation With series, a part of the free DDW podcast, DDW speaks with members of the drug discovery industry about their work and how it helps turn science into business.    In this latest episode, DDW’s Megan Thomas is in conversation with Dr Martin Main, Chief Scientific Officer at Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC), and Dr […]

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