The Drug Discovery World Podcast

Drug Discovery World (DDW)
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The Drug Discovery World Podcast

Here at Drug Discovery World (DDW) we've been publishing articles written by leading experts in the Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical, and BioPharmaceutical industries for over 20 years. DDW has grown as a quarterly business review of drug discovery and development, and now we've created this podcast to allow you to listen to our articles on the go. In our journal and this podcast, we cover topics surrounding: drug discovery; drug development; business; chemistry; enabling technologies; informatics; personalised medicine; screening; therapeutics, and much more. For the podcast we have selected recent, relevant and popular scientific articles, so that you can listen to all of the best content from Drug Discovery World. We hope you enjoy.

  1. DDW Highlights: 23 December 2024

    2 DAYS AGO

    DDW Highlights: 23 December 2024

    The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to and watch below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. As we approach the end of 2024, it’s great to see that investment in drug discovery is still going strong, with an impressive $300 million raised by AI-focused company SandboxAQ and another significant financing by Ottimo Pharma. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.

    12 min
  2. DDW Highlights: 16 December 2024

    16 DEC

    DDW Highlights: 16 December 2024

    The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available. 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 big week for cell and gene therapies (CGTs) as the first in vivo BCMA CAR-T candidate reaches the clinic and a new discovery could lead to a gene therapy that reverses a significant cause of stillbirth and premature delivery. You can listen here, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.

    12 min
  3. New ways of looking at effective cancer treatment

    12 DEC

    New ways of looking at effective cancer treatment

    This episode of the DDW narrated podcast series is titled “New ways to treat cancer”, which covers three articles written for DDW Volume 24 – Issue 2, Spring 2023 of DDW. They are called: “3D Genomics and targeted cancer therapies”, “Democratising proteomics for cancer and beyond”, and Meet the Researcher: John Maher” In the first article, Anthony Schmitt, PhD, Senior Vice President, Science at Arima Genomics, discusses the applications of 3D genomics in cancer research. In the second article, DDW Editor Reece Armstrong speaks to Nautilus Co-Founder and Chief Scientist Parag Mallick, about the company’s recent collaboration which aims to uncover the proteins that could be behind a rare and fatal childhood cancer. In the third article, John Maher, Leucid Bio, told me about his work and offers valuable advice to others in this field.

    17 min
  4. DDW Highlights: 9 December 2024

    9 DEC

    DDW Highlights: 9 December 2024

    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. This week’s leading news stories all shine a light on innovation within drug discovery, including a potential ‘best-in-industry’ weight loss drug, a gold-based compound that shrinks tumours by 82%, and a second-generation CAR-T therapy. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.

    14 min
  5. The far-reaching impact of drug discovery technology

    5 DEC

    The far-reaching impact of drug discovery technology

    This episode of the DDW narrated podcast series is titled “The far-reaching impact of drug discovery technology”, which covers three articles written for Volume 24 – Issue 2, Spring 2023 of DDW. They are called: “Accelerating time to market through digitalisation”, “Why digital biomarkers will power tomorrow’s Alzheimer’s therapies”, and “The path to improved safety of gene-based products”. In the first article, Sascha Fischer Business Development Manager for Automation at Genedata looks at three critical digitalisation components that enable end-to-end lab automation, improve the return on investment (ROI) on instrumentation investments and streamline time-to-market.  In the second article, Rivka Kreitman, CIO of NeuraLight explores the landscape of therapies for Alzheimer’s and explains why digital biomarkers are key to combatting the disease. In the third article, Kerstin Pohl, Senior Global Marketing Manager, Gene Therapy & Nucleic Acid at SCIEX, looks at the application of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for analysing host cell proteins.

    34 min
  6. DDW Highlights: 2 December 2024

    2 DEC

    DDW Highlights: 2 December 2024

    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. This week’s leading news stories all feature early-stage clinical trials, including a short interfering RNA for cardiovascular disease, a new type of drug for type 2 diabetes, a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a T cell therapy for hepatitis B, and a monoclonal antibody to prevent respiratory syncytial virus. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.

    13 min
  7. Exciting start-ups and developments in drug discovery

    28 NOV

    Exciting start-ups and developments in drug discovery

    This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, titled ‘Exciting start-ups and developments in drug discovery’, which covers two articles written for DDW Volume 24 – Issue 1, Winter 2022/2023. They are called: ‘What Lithuania offers life sciences start-ups’ and ‘Avoiding detection – the cancer cells evading the body’s natural defence’. In the first article, DDW Editor Reece Armstrong takes a look at Lithuania’s life sciences sector and what it means for start-ups operating in the country. In the second article, DDW Editor Reece Armstrong explores recent research looking into why cancer cells are so effective at avoiding the body’s immune system.

    13 min
  8. DDW Highlights: 25 November 2024

    25 NOV

    DDW Highlights: 25 November 2024

    The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to and watch 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’s most exciting news stories all represent innovative solutions to the treatment of disease, proving that ‘thinking outside the box’ can by the key to success in drug discovery. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.

    12 min
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Here at Drug Discovery World (DDW) we've been publishing articles written by leading experts in the Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical, and BioPharmaceutical industries for over 20 years. DDW has grown as a quarterly business review of drug discovery and development, and now we've created this podcast to allow you to listen to our articles on the go. In our journal and this podcast, we cover topics surrounding: drug discovery; drug development; business; chemistry; enabling technologies; informatics; personalised medicine; screening; therapeutics, and much more. For the podcast we have selected recent, relevant and popular scientific articles, so that you can listen to all of the best content from Drug Discovery World. We hope you enjoy.

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  • Creator
    Drug Discovery World (DDW)
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Edify Digital Media Ltd.
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