Drug discovery and development – Page 10
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Opinion
The side effects of being unique
Even the largest clinical trials won’t capture all possible bad reactions to a drug – we need pharmacovigilance
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Research
Click chemistry uses endogenous acrolein to activate cancer prodrug
Strategy could reduce chemotherapy side effects by selecting for cancerous cells
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News
US onboard with effort to waive global Covid-19 vaccine patents
Biden administration says pandemic calls for ‘extraordinary measures’ to relinquish IP protections, but pharma and biotech sectors push back
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Opinion
Letters: May 2021
Readers ponder hydrogel vaccine distribution and life with hearing difficulties
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News
US urged to waive Covid-19 vaccine patents
175 former world leaders and Nobel laureates call on Joe Biden to suspend intellectual property rules
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Research
Machine learning tool sets out to find new antimicrobial peptides
IBM researchers say their fully automated AI-driven system could speed up the discovery of molecules for novel antibiotics
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Business
Antibody–drug conjugates drive growth in oncology
Antibody–drug conjugates are coming of age and pharma is investing, reports Katrina Megget
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Opinion
How the pandemic might change drug research
Derek Lowe muses on some positive lessons learned
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Business
Why manufacturing Covid vaccines at scale is hard
Exploring the pinch points vaccine makers face as they ramp up production
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Review
The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Andrew Wakefield’s War on Vaccines
The story of the man who created the myth that a vaccine causes autism
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Business
University team’s silica coats stop vaccines spoiling at room temperature
Asel Sartbaeva hopes her pioneering ensilication technology will be adopted to store and transport pediatric vaccines to low-income countries
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News
Green light for world’s first Sars-CoV-2 studies that will infect healthy volunteers
UK trials will assess how well Covid-19 treatments work and if vaccines protect against new virus variants
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Business
Coronavirus variants stymie success of monoclonal antibodies
Lab-made antibodies can treat and protect people from Covid-19 but are more likely to succeed when administered as a cocktail
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Feature
Drugging RNA
Some medicinal chemists have changed their focus from proteins to target RNA, finds Rachel Brazil
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Webinar
Physics-based computational modeling applied to the design and optimisation of biologics
Explore how FEP technology (including FEP+) can be applied in protein engineering work
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Opinion
A rough guide to pharma partnership deals
Coronavirus vaccines are driving unusual collaborations with a range of benefits
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Business
Covid vaccination efforts bolstered by trial results from J&J and Novavax
A miserable January ended with positive news on the vaccine front but new variants added complications
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Article
AstraZeneca puts academia at the heart of pharma
At the heart of chemical biology are the molecules that make medicines effective and safe for consumers. AstraZeneca harnesses the scientists at the heart of academia to create a healthier world
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News
Oxford University to open antimicrobial research centre after £100m donation from Ineos
Petrochemical giant highlights dangers of antibiotic resistance
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Opinion
Ruling out the rule of five
Simple calculations for clinical trial success failed to find a winning formula