The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.

Recently, the Society for Neuroscience's annual meeting took place, so the headlines have been dominated by the latest discoveries related to the brain and the central nervous system, including significant findings related to GLP-1 agonists and an advanced theory of bipolar disorder.

If these are of interest, don’t forget to register for DDW’s Neuroscience Showcase on 24 October.

You can listen here, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts. 

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available. 

The publication of DDW’s latest eBook on immunotherapy has coincided with some interesting developments in this therapy area, particularly monoclonal antibodies, including two new regulatory approvals.

You can listen here, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts. 

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.

This week we have seen a number of developments related to cell therapies, particularly CAR-T cell therapies, beyond their traditional use in haematological malignancies.

You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts. 

This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, titled “How technology is impacting drug discovery”, which covers two articles written for Volume 24 – Issue 1, Winter 2022/2023 of DDW. They are called: Immunotherapy offers survival extension for brain tumour patients and The evolution of assays for immuno-oncology research.

The first article looks into why data from a Phase III clinical trial offers promise for patients with a deadly form of brain cancer. 

The second article shares insight from Dr Shailendra Singh, Founder and CEO of Cellomatics Biosciences.

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.

This week, DDW has opened registrations for its webinar ‘The latest advancements driving neuroscience drug discovery research’, so our news highlights focus on developments in neuroscience, including a novel drug that has been shown to reduce neuronal death, and a potential disease-modifying treatment for dementia.

You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts. 

In the In Conversation With series, a part of the free DDW podcast, DDW speaks with members of the drug discovery industry about their work and how it helps turn science into business.   

In this episode, Megan Thomas is in conversation with Dr Friso Postma, Vice President of AI Drug Discovery at BioXcel Therapeutics.

Thanks to BioXcel's AI platform, the company was able to repurpose previous drugs to obtain FDA approval for its acute treatment for agitation associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, IGALMI, in April 2022, which was the first drug development success that involved the actual use of AI.

You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts. 

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.

With the release of clinical study results that led some media titles to ask if semaglutide could be a ‘fountain of youth’, this week our news highlights focus on clinical trials at a variety of different stages.

You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts. 

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.

With the launch of an international clinical trial investigating BioNTech’s mRNA lung cancer vaccine announced this week, our news highlights focus on clinical trials, including studies of a monoclonal antibody and small molecule GLP-1 agonist for obesity, and a muscarinic M4 selective agonist for schizophrenia.

You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts. 

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates.

It’s been a busy week for medical regulatory agencies, with a number of key decisions made on therapies for graft-versus-host-disease, neuroendocrine carcinoma, haemophilia B, lymphoma and non-small cell lung cancer.

You can listen here, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts. 

This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, titled "How technology is impacting drug discovery", which covers two articles written for Volume 24 – Issue 1, Winter 2022/2023 of DDW. They are called: AI is critical to solving new complexities in drug discovery and The push towards lab automation in biopharma.

In the first article, Andrew Radin, Chief Executive Officer of Aria Pharmaceuticals, on the critical use of artificial intelligence in solving some of drug discovery’s most new and complex challenges.

In the second article, DDW Editor Reece Armstrong speaks to Peter Walters, Director Advanced Therapies, CRB, and Grace Linton, Director Process Architecture, CRB about automation within laboratory settings and its effect on the pharmaceutical industry.