Pharma R&D Today
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Emulating start-up success with purpose-built data tools
Posted on December 12th, 2018 by Nicki Catchpole in Pharma R&D
Innovation used to be almost solely accredited to Big Pharma, but many of the more established businesses in the industry are finding that their rate of discovery is slowing as they try to find answers to some the industry’s biggest problems, such as antibiotic resistance. (more…)
Small Biotechs Progressing Beyond Startup Status
Posted on November 29th, 2018 by Christy J. Wilson in Pharma R&D
When is a startup no longer a startup? Small biotech companies armed with a talented crop of scientists have been springing up all across the pharma landscape for the last several years, establishing buzzing hubs of innovation. Not all of them find their research efforts successful, but many do and then go on to be acquired by larger pharmaceutical firms that have the resources to bring their ideas to fruition. (more…)
Embracing the new in cheminformatics
Posted on August 17th, 2018 by Prima Sung in Chemistry
Two centuries of innovation in chemistry research methods
The true mark of an innovation is its impact on our behavior. All the great innovations of history, big and small, have changed how people have approached tasks in their personal and professional lives. As we celebrate 30 years of the chemistry research solution Reaxys, (more…)
The Future of Chemistry R&D Will Depend on Deep Learning
Posted on June 7th, 2018 by Matthew Clark in Pharma R&D
A recent survey of chemists, carried out by Elsevier’s Reaxys team, showed that only 13% identified a familiarity with machine learning (or similar technologies) as being important for future chemists. (more…)