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Sygnature Discovery and Daewoong Pharma announce research collaboration

Sygnature Discovery

Sygnature Discovery is pleased to have entered into a research collaboration agreement with the global healthcare group Daewoong Pharmaceutical to accelerate the discovery of a novel small molecule to target autoimmune disease.

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How the AI revolution can accelerate early drug discovery

Drug Target Review

Training AI/ML tools to predict results of otherwise complex and time-consuming calculations is gaining traction in pharmaceutical R&D. To really benefit from AI, the pharmaceutical industry must be more open to data sharing. Matthew subsequently put his computational chemistry skills to use in the defence sector.

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Drug Repurposing: A New Life for Old Drugs

DrugBank

Currently, about one-third of recent drug approvals and 25% of the pharmaceutical industry's annual revenue is coming from repurposed drugs.This trend is being championed industry-wide, by public organizations and nonprofits, with numerous small companies diving in and academic publications on the subject showing great popularity.

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Some Thoughts on Biotech vs Pharma for Computational Chemists

Practical Cheminformatics

A recent editorial by Dean Brown in J Med Chem and follow-up posts by Keith Hornberger and Derek Lowe prompted me to think about how we train computational chemists and cheminformaticians for careers in drug discovery. It also brought to mind some unique differences between how computational chemistry is practiced in biotech and pharma.

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Lead Pharma enters into a Research Collaboration and License Agreement with Roche to Develop Oral Small Molecules for Immune Mediated Diseases

The Pharma Data

” Arthur Oubrie, Chief Scientific Officer of Lead Pharma, added: “This is the second project we partner with one of the largest pharmaceutical companies under our Discover, Design and Deliver platform. . Lead Pharma may receive payments of up to €260 million plus royalties on sales. OSS, Netherlands , Nov.

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Target-directed cancer: protein-ligand interactions  

Drug Target Review

For example, in the screening stage of a project we are trying to find initial starting points for optimisation by our medicinal and computational chemistry colleagues. Capivasertib originated from a collaboration between my former company Astex Pharmaceuticals and the ICR and was further developed by AstraZeneca.

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The Data-Driven Future of Drug Development

DrugBank

By harnessing the vast amounts of data generated throughout the development pipeline, pharmaceutical companies can accelerate the discovery of novel therapies, optimize clinical trial design, enhance drug safety monitoring, and deliver personalized medicine, ultimately improving patient outcomes and transforming the future of healthcare.