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Sleep changes as translational pharmacodynamic biomarkers

Pharmacodynamic biomarkers in drug discovery: Developing a new drug is an…

9 October 2009 | By

Pharmacodynamic biomarkers in drug discovery: Developing a new drug is an expensive and time-consuming business1-3. A substantial part of the overall cost of drug development is the investment in molecules that fails at some point during the development process and it is necessary to identify these compounds as early as possible.…

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In vitro and in vivo techniques in CNS drug discovery

In spite of an increased understanding of brain mechanisms in…

2 February 2006 | By Vahri Beaumont, Magnus Ivarsson and Keith A. Wafford, The Neuroscience Research Centre, Merck Sharp and Dohme, UK

In spite of an increased understanding of brain mechanisms in recent years, there has been a lack of major new drugs being registered for psychiatric and neurological conditions1,2. To prioritise drug discovery resources and provide early proof-of-concept studies for novel compounds and mechanisms, the pharmaceutical industry is increasingly focusing on…