Drug discovery Archives

Screenshot 2016 12 16 at 10.46.56 AM 1 e1481881804814

News and Trends 16 Dec 2016

Mini-Organs grown in Switzerland are Here to Change Drug Discovery

This week we travel to Lausanne, a thriving biotech hub in Switzerland. Here, QGel is working to replicate the complexity of life in vitro in lab-grown mini-organs to improve drug discovery. Cool,…

December 16, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Screenshot 2016 11 22 at 1.33.19 PM e1479818165882

News and Trends 25 Nov 2016

Structural Biology meets Drug Discovery in this Cool Company

After an amazing day in Paris for Labiotech Refresh, we head back to Germany to meet Proteros. The company is working non-stop to provide drug candidates against some of the…

November 25, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 24 Nov 2016

Infographic: The Changing Face of UK Drug Discovery by the Numbers

After Brexit, UK pharma is striving to reinvigorate drug discovery through collaboration. This infographic shows why that's necessary. A new report from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)…

November 24, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 9 Nov 2016

British Artificial Intelligence will soon run Clinical Trials

Artificial Intelligence can make clinical trials cheaper and faster, and this British start-up is about to start testing its technology to optimize drug development. BenevolentAI is a London start-up that…

November 9, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 8 Nov 2016

These companies want to use Stem Cells to improve Drug Safety

Axiogenesis and Metrion Biosciences will use stem cells to improve preclinical neurotoxicity and cardiac safety testing, a feat that can significantly reduce the time and cost of drug discovery and…

November 8, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 17 Oct 2016

Meet the First Biotech to Jump on Autophagy After This Years’ Nobel Prize

Just after the Nobel Prize was awarded to the study of autophagy, PhoreMost announces a collaboration to target the process in neurodegenerative diseases. PhoreMost is a drug discovery company that focuses…

October 17, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 5 Oct 2016

€365M deal for a Danish ‘DNA barcode’ Drug Screening Platform

The giant Amgen has offered Nuevolution €365M to develop oncology and neuroscience drugs. The small Danish Biotech claims to count with an unprecedented drug discovery platform that can screen billions of compounds…

October 5, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 26 Aug 2016

Antibodyomes for faster Discovery of Biologicals, with Memo Therapeutics

After delighting ourselves with fabulous French gastronomy in Nancy, it's time to say our farewells and head to the next border. Basel is our final destination. Our goal? Get to…

August 26, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Joachim Eeckhout

entrechem oviedo secondary metabolite engineering

News and Trends 12 Aug 2016

EntreChem is going Back to the Future of Drug Discovery

We leave the Netherlands with a smile after visiting FF Pharma in Utrecht this week. Once again, we depart to another part of Europe and this time we're heading to the…

August 12, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

astrazeneca centre genomics research hli wellcome fimm

News and Trends 25 Apr 2016

AstraZeneca partners up with Genomics Elite for new Biobank

AstraZeneca has announced it will create a new Centre for Genomics Research in Cambridge (UK) - joining the Wellcome Sanger, a Craig Venter Biotech and a Finnish specialist Institute to do so. AstraZeneca is betting…

April 25, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

metrion drug discovery cardiac risk eurostars

News and Trends 22 Mar 2016

Eurostars grants Metrion €2.2M for Novel Drug Discovery Tests

Metrion Biosciences (UK) is receiving €2.2M in funding for its project to develop phenotypic cardiac safety assays, that could make drug discovery cheaper and faster. Metrion is a Contract Research…

March 22, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 10 Dec 2015

“Structural Biology is changing the way we design drugs”

Structural biology, the study of the structure of biological macromolecules, is becoming a real asset in the drug development process. The PSDI meeting is THE not-to-be-missed event for the experts…

December 10, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 14 Mar 2015

Promising Collaboration Between Evotec and Second Genome

Evotec AG and Second Genome decided to collaborate in small molecule-based discovery and development activities for the treatment of microbiome-mediated diseases. The collaboration comprises the identification and optimisation of novel…

March 14, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

Report: new Frontiers in Vaccinology

Listen to our podcast

View all sectors A-Z

Register for the Webinar

View all companies A-Z

Find new scientific partnerships. Create a free IN-PART account

View all countries A-Z

Report: The European Biotech Startup Ecosystem

Subcribe to our newsletter

Learn more about Inova, the leading platform for biopharma partnering