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Discovery & Development


Discovery & Development Drug Discovery

Hail to the Hardy Tardigrade

| Rob Coker | 2 min read

Why scientists are looking to the microscopic marvel of the tardigrade for new approaches to cancer treatment.

Discovery & Development Drug Discovery

The Power of Industry and Academic Collaboration

| 6 min read

Purdue University’s Young Institute is tackling pharma’s toughest challenges— from mRNA stability to aseptic manufacturing.

Discovery & Development Drug Discovery

Meet the Goldilocks Molecules

| 4 min read

We get the story behind the development of Spiroligomer molecules and how they can help drug the undruggable.

Discovery & Development Drug Discovery

Fixing Faulty Splicing

| Stephanie Vine | 2 min read

How antisense oligonucleotides open up targeted approaches to rare disease treatment.

Discovery & Development Formulation

Schizophrenia and the Future of Long-Acting Therapeutics

| Stephanie Vine | 5 min read

Long-acting injectables help with adherence, but what if an unfolding pill could provide an oral option?

Discovery & Development Drug Delivery

The Force Meets Oligonucleotides

| Stephanie Vine

Researchers develop a new platform to improve delivery of oligonucleotide therapies to muscle.

Discovery & Development Clinical Trials

Asking the Right Questions in R&D

| 3 min read

And getting the right people involved from the start. Here’s why collaboration is key for successful clinical development.

Discovery & Development Drug Discovery

Rethinking Osteoarthritis With Extracellular Vesicles

| 4 min read

Why researchers are excited about the potential of extracellular vesicles from umbilical cord-derived stem cells.

Discovery & Development Drug Discovery

Breaking Through Rare Diseases

| Stephanie Vine | 8 min read

We asked three rare disease drug developers about their work, the challenges facing the field, and what they would do with unlimited funds.

Discovery & Development Drug Delivery

RIDE: A New Approach to CRISPR Delivery

| Rob Coker | 2 min read

A new study reports targeted CRISPR delivery in retinal and neurological disease models – without viral vectors.


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