Pharma R&D Today
Ideas and Insight supporting all stages of Drug Discovery & Development
Re-Inventing R&D for Precision Medicine
Posted on May 22nd, 2017 by Betsy Davis in Pharma R&D
Precision medicine first emerged in the late ‘90s. But it was the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 that really opened up a world of opportunity in this area because it became possible to test patients for certain biomarkers (more…)
How Are You Handling Big Data & Innovation?
Posted on April 28th, 2017 by Betsy Davis in Pharma R&D
Although every pharmaceutical company still hopes to find the next blockbuster drug, today’s R&D departments are becoming increasingly focused on developing more targeted therapies. It is the advent of Big Data that has made it possible for researchers to advance precision medicine and targeted drugs (more…)
Making Precision Medicine a Reality
Posted on April 24th, 2017 by Thibault Geoui in Chemistry
Precision medicine is no longer just a promising new development discussed only by medical professionals and industry insiders at conferences and in journals. In early 2015, former U.S. President Barack Obama announced the $215 million Precision Medicine Initiative (more…)
Targeting Rare Diseases
Posted on March 20th, 2017 by Sherry Winter in Pharma R&D
What is known as a “rare” disease might affect anywhere between a couple hundred to a couple hundred thousand people here in the U.S. And it’s estimated that as much as 10% of the nation’s population has one of the thousands of known rare diseases, most of which are genetic. (more…)
