Another big hurdle in drug discovery is quickly figuring out whether a molecule will be toxic.
PI3K-delta has 16 programs in drug discovery and preclinical today, despite half-a-dozen in the clinic already.
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Big Pharma is looking toward the biotech sector to feed the new pipeline for drug discovery.
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The drug discovery company develops therapeutic treatments for central nervous system disorders, pain, cancer and addictions.
" Later, he adds, "My own research interests have moved to drug discovery and vaccine development.
It has a long history of science and pioneering drug discovery and vaccine development.
Since then "the whole field has exploded" says Graeme Bilbe, who heads neuroscience drug discovery at Novartis.
Therapies based on the process are one of the largest and fastest growing areas of drug discovery.
Mr Salmond described the move as "putting Lanarkshire and Dundee at the heart of international drug discovery".
GSK's boss, Jean-Pierre Garnier, has vowed to cut marketing expenditure and use the money for drug discovery.
Five active programs exist, according to Thomson Pharma, and they are all in drug discovery or preclinical studies.
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This, Yang says, could allow them to do things like diagnosis and drug discovery faster and more efficiently.
Merck is using RNAi technology to switch off genes in lab animals it is using in drug discovery.
"It's a dream of a lifetime, " says chemist Julian Adams , 48, head of drug discovery for Millennium.
Are they funding early stage innovative drug discovery companies, or are they startups formed around in-licensing clinical stage compounds?
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Some are building software that can be applied to solving critical problems drug discovery, genomics, computer science and biology.
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"This could be a new model for drug discovery, " says Spiros Jamas, a biotech veteran hired to run Tempero.
"The whole thing that drug discovery is some process is rubbish, " Witty says.
Dr Casewell said it would be a "whole new source" for drug discovery.
Founded and runs Sun Pharmaceuticals, maker of branded generics with factories in India, Europe and U.S. Investing in drug discovery.
Dundee University's Drug Discovery Unit hope the new facility will speed up the rate at which new drugs are developed.
Accenture's Mr Bedi is sceptical of the received wisdom that bigger drugs firms will lead to more successful drug discovery.
The device saves time with its speed and because it provides critical toxicity data early on in the drug discovery process.
Because yeast is so tough, scientists can lob volley after volley of drugs at it, speeding up the drug discovery process.
A.O. published a great report in 2006 examining the role of regulatory, business, IP and technological challenges on drug discovery productivity.
His research has contributed to what has become the largest and fastest growing area of drug discovery over the past decade.
"The drug discovery pipeline ended up becoming more of a sewer pipe, and it clogged, " says Merck Senior Vice President Stephen Friend.
Nearly 80 of those are still in drug discovery and preclinical testing.
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"The only motivation for drug discovery should be patient need, " he says.
Another partnership model that's emerging is in the area of drug discovery.
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