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More Drugs, Fewer Patients: Limits of Precision Medicine
Posted on November 9th, 2015 by Thibault Geoui in Chemistry
A number of targeted medications that are highly effective for a subgroup of patients with a particular disease have emerged in the last decade. These are often needed alternatives to debilitating therapies with uncertain outcomes. The small number of patients that benefit from such therapies, however, may pose a serious challenge looking into the future. (more…)
Speeding up Science: How We Can Stop the Decline of Drug Production as Scientific Information Increases
Posted on October 28th, 2015 by Thibault Geoui in Chemistry
Every 9 years, scientific output is doubling and more information is being made available to the world’s top scientists. Contrary to common sense and public opinion, for every 1 billion invested in drug development, the number of drugs approved has been halved every 9 years, and approximately 70% of drugs sold in the US today are generics. (more…)
Data, Data and More Data
Posted on October 23rd, 2015 by Thibault Geoui in Chemistry
Read an excerpt from the Elsevier whitepaper, Big Data, Wider Mindset to discover how systems biology and systems chemistry enable a holistic view of a biological system that is more than it’s sum of molecular components.
