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This is the latest episode of the free DDW podcast, “From here to there: What lies ahead for drug discovery”. It covers two narrated articles written for Volume 22, Issue 3 – Summer 2021 of DDW and read aloud by Megan Thomas. The articles are called “The complexity of disease biology gives opportunities for drug […]

Professor Sobha Sivaprasad, Professor of Retinal Clinical Studies, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, and Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK discusses unmet needs in DME therapeutics and how they could be addressed by sustained release ophthalmic steroids administered with novel suprachoroidal drug delivery methods.  Diabetic eye disease is a growing global concern. Between 2019 and 2045, the number […]

The Winter issue of the Drug Discovery World Magazine is accompanied by an exclusive DDW & SLAS2022 supplement ahead of SLAS2022 in Boston, US on 5-9 February. As we all look forward to the expertise at the event, DDW’s Megan Thomas outlines the highlights of the first SLAS 2021 AI-Powered Drug Discovery Symposium in London.  As SLAS2022 in Boston drew closer and while […]

The Winter issue of the Drug Discovery World Magazine is accompanied by an exclusive DDW & SLAS2022 supplement ahead of SLAS2022 in Boston, US on 5-9 February. DDW Editor in Chief Lu Rahman comments.  There is huge excitement within the DDW team regarding the SLAS2022 International Conference and Exhibition in Boston on 5-9 February. With Omicron throwing a spanner in the works at the […]

The Covid-19 Host Genetics Initiative carried out one of the largest genome-wide association studies ever. It involved meta-analysis of nearly 50,000 Covid-19 patients and two million uninfected controls. Dr Hamdi Mbarek, Lead Analyst of the Qatari dataset explains how the initiative improved knowledge of host-genetic determinants of Covid-19 infection and severity. In drug development we […]

Collaboration within the drug discovery sector is well documented, says Lu Rahman. During the Covid-19 pandemic we have seen great examples. Take Pfizer and BioNTech or the work between Carterra and Eli Lilly Company to create bamlanivimab, a Covid-19 therapeutic. Collaborative work has created vaccines and therapeutics which are helping us combat this coronavirus.   […]

On November 16, 2021, AstraZeneca reported that two billion doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been released for supply. Experts have commented on the news and explained how it has been possible to produce so much of the vaccine in less than a year, and the unprecedented strategy used to improve international equity of access.  […]

The Fall Issue of the Drug Discovery World Magazine is accompanied by an exclusive DDW & ELRIG UK supplement ahead of ELRIG UK’s Drug Discovery 2021 in Liverpool, October 19-20, 2021. In it, ELRIG UK’s General Manager Sanj Kumar welcomes the event and introduces the themes.   In 2019, ELRIG’s flagship scientific conference, Drug Discovery, attracted over […]

The Fall Issue of the Drug Discovery World Magazine is accompanied by an exclusive DDW & ELRIG UK supplement ahead of ELRIG UK’s Drug Discovery 2021 in Liverpool, October 19-20, 2021. DDW Editor Lu Rahman welcomes the event and introduces the themes.   To say that I – as well as the entire DDW team – am excited […]

DDW’s Editor Lu Rahman comments and gives perspective on the global drug discovery and development market in the UK. As I’m writing this in the UK, there are reports of gas supply shortages, a lack of CO2­ affecting food supply, the price of energy is rising and the cherry on top – murmurings of cancelling […]