DDW Highlights: 8 May 2024
The Drug Discovery World Podcast
The latest episode of the 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 ongoing innovation and development in the drug discovery sector relies on a number of moving parts, one of which is financial support and backing. Whether it is successful seed funding or dedicated investment, this money enables scientists to produce top-quality research which will in turn result in discoveries and drugs that help tackle disease and areas of unmet need. Here are five...
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Selective Translation Regulator Inhibitors: Depriving cancer of what it needs
The Drug Discovery World Podcast
In theseries, 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 Steve Worland, CEO of eFFECTOR. eFFECTOR is a company targeting three distinct targets central to the eIF4F translation initiation complex: MNK, eIF4A and eIF4E. Each of these targets regulates distinct sets of genes in cancer and immune cells. Dr Worland has significant experience as a scientist and C-suite level executive/entrepreneur, and today speaks...
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DDW Highlights: 29 April 2024
The Drug Discovery World Podcast
The latest episode of the 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 leading news story this week has been the launch of a new clinical trial in the UK for a melanoma personalised mRNA cancer vaccine, but there have been a number of other interesting developments in cancer drug discovery. These include the detection of new targets for skin cancer treatment, the benefits of vitamin D for cancer prevention, an extended approval in the EU for a CAR-T myeloma...
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A look behind the scenes of the drug discovery industry
The Drug Discovery World Podcast
This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, titled “A look behind the scenes of the drug discovery industry” which covers three written for Volume 23 – Issue 4, Fall 2022 of DDW. They are called: , , and . In the first article, Barry Bunin, PhD, CEO of Collaborative Drug Discovery explores the rise of electronic lab notebooks and why researchers should be transitioning to digital methods of recording data. In the second article, Reece Armstrong sits down with Cancer Research Horizons’ Chief Business Officer, Tony Hickson and CEO of its Therapeutics division, Hamish...
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DDW Highlights: 22 April 2024
The Drug Discovery World Podcast
The latest episode of the 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 all concerns clinical trials for new drugs that could have a significant impact on future patient treatment, including trials testing therapeutics for ALS, cystic fibrosis, gonorrhoea, TB and Parkinson’s. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on , and
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DDW Highlights: 15 April 2024
The Drug Discovery World Podcast
The latest episode of the 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 cancer research news has been coming thick and fast from the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in San Diego this week, so this round-up focuses on drug discovery in oncology. You can to The Drug Discovery World Podcast on , and
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DDW Highlights: 2 April 2024
The Drug Discovery World Podcast
The latest episode of the 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. In another busy week for drug discovery and development, we have seen the FDA approval of a monoclonal antibody for emergency use in Covid-19, the launch of trials into innovative new treatments for urea cycle disorders and alcohol use disorder, and a significant acquisition for Novo Nordisk, as well as the discovery of a new way to target dormant cancer cells. You can listen below, or find...
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Flow cytometry for drug discovery research
The Drug Discovery World Podcast
This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, titled “Flow cytometry for drug discovery research” which covers three written for Volume 23 – Issue 4, Fall 2022 of DDW. They are called: and . In the first article, Dr Amber Miller, Flow Cytometry Scientist, Fortis Life Sciences, says flow cytometry techniques can help our understanding of cancer associated fibroblasts but there is still work to be done. In the second article, Dr Miguel A Tam, and Dr Kenta Yamamoto, BioLegend, examine the evolution, trends and best practices for smooth and efficient workflows for flow...
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DDW Highlights: 18 March 2024
The Drug Discovery World Podcast
The latest episode of the 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. Following the recent AD/PD 2024 conference, which took place on 5-9 March in Lisbon, Portugal, there have been a number of key announcements regarding investigational therapies for neurological disorders, particularly Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on , and
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Exploring the potential of a new class of drug candidates
The Drug Discovery World Podcast
In theseries, 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 Ahmed Mousa, CEO of Vicore Pharma. Vicore Pharma is exploring the potential of a new class of drug candidates, angiotensin II type 2 receptor agonists (ATRAGs), and here Mousa provides DDW with an overview of the company’s unique approach, its challenges, its opportunities, and its context in the scientific community. You can listen here, or find The Drug...
info_outlineThe 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 highlights this week are mostly focused around neuroscience, with new guiding principles and a drug repurposing fund launched for motor neuron disease research, a new drug target found for early-onset dementia, and a possibly game-changing schizophrenia drug entering human trials.
You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.