Drug discovery and development – Page 35
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Business
Bayer and Evotec team up on endometriosis
German collaboration aims to develop three drug candidates in five years
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NewsChinese drug makers accused of using ‘gutter oil’
Oil reclaimed from drains may have been used to make an antibiotic intermediate
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FeatureFood with a function
Compounds normally thought of as medicines are being added to food. Elinor Hughes looks at the scientific and regulatory challenges facing these nutraceuticals.
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OpinionMonopoly money
Dean Baker says it’s time to start talking seriously about the way in which pharma is funded
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OpinionProtecting patients at all costs
Suffering stagnant output, and beset by patent expiries and spiralling costs, drug discovery is in poor health. Simon Campbell prescribes a remedy
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FeatureFast, flexible and flourishing
Paul Workman’s experiences in big pharma, academia and biotech gave him the tools to develop new drugs and spin out successful companies. Sarah Houlton profiles the 2012 Chemistry World entrepreneur of the year
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FeatureDrawing on drugs to kick the habit
While pharma companies stand accused of giving up on drugs to help people stop smoking, tobacco firms are looking at controversial nicotine replacement products. Anthony King surveys an area that is problematic on all sides.
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OpinionPeace, love and understanding
Chemists and biologists often view the process of drug discovery very differently
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News€224 million EU antibiotics initiative launched
The project will bring together the pharmaceutical industry and academia, but some institutes have reservations
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BusinessHDL drug class struggling after latest flop
The failure of another ‘good’ cholesterol-raising drug and a new genetic study casts shadow over HDL hypothesis
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NewsVoluntary controls on antibiotics on US farms criticised
The US Food and Drug Administration has introduced guidelines to try to cut antibiotic use in livestock
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Feature
Making light work
Could light prove to be the ultimate weapon in the battle against deadly superbugs?
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PodcastNitroglycerine
Peter Wothers investigates a medicinal compound with a very explosive beginning
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PodcastTetracycline
Simon Cotton travels back to 1945 where a sample of Missouri soil produced a golden yellow antibiotic
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Feature
The birth of the pill
Fifty years after its birth, John Mann reports on the conception and evolution of the contraceptive pill