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2023 cancer research highlights: Drug development at its best

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Lu Rahman selects some of the year’s interesting and noteworthy advances in cancer research drug discovery and development. As always, a year within cancer drug discovery and development brings with it significant breakthroughs, and 2023 has been no exception. Research into new cancer drugs remain strong.

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Conversations from Cancer Research Horizons’ Innovation Summit 2023 

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Cancer Research Horizon’s Innovation Summit 2023 took place on 21 November 2023 at the Royal Society of Medicine, and included talks from researchers translating their research, as well as networking with members of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. DDW’s Megan Thomas spoke to a range of attendees.

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DDW top reads in 2023

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DDW’s top 10 most popular articles for 2023 reflect the key subjects in drug discovery and development. Other biotechnologies coming to the fore this year were antibody-drug conjugates and CRISPR gene editing. Other biotechnologies coming to the fore this year were antibody-drug conjugates and CRISPR gene editing.

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Breakthrough drug discovery research collaboration in obesity

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Flagship Pioneering and ProFound Therapeutics have announced a collaboration to conduct foundational research to identify potential next-generation first-in-class therapies for the treatment of obesity. The collaboration is the first initiated under Flagship’s Pioneering Medicines strategic partnership with Pfizer announced in July 2023.

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The DDW Podcast: 2023 in review

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As 2023 draws to a close, DDW’s Multimedia Editor and podcast host Megan Thomas rounds up all the free episodes of the DDW podcast that were released. You can also find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify , Google Play and Apple Podcasts. Developing. DDW Highlights Innovative. Listen here. Listen here. Listen here.

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Could NfL accelerate drug development for neurodegenerative diseases?

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Professor Andy Whiting and Dr Tony Lockett discuss how specific levels of a protein could be used to advance drug development in neurodegenerative diseases. Impact on the investment landscape In neurodegeneration, we are looking for the ‘needle in a haystack’ drug.

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Cutting a path through the weeds with cannabis research

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Dr Currien MacDonald, Medical Chair Director at WCG, discusses the challenges and opportunities presented by cannabis research. Research support Support for researching cannabidiol is expanding. More importantly, cannabis research received additional governmental support for continued investigation at the end of 2022 with H.R.8454,

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