Why and how have drug discovery strategies in pharma changed? What are the new mindsets?

Drug Discov Today. 2016 Feb;21(2):239-49. doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2015.09.007. Epub 2015 Sep 14.

Abstract

In the pharmaceutical industry the long-term challenge of drug innovation is the key phrase throughout R&D that refers to increasing the output of original drug candidate molecules. To increase R&D productivity, implementation of new and strategic R&D orientations to develop new approaches or systems to identify hits and leads efficiently has taken place and enabled all scientists working in the drug discovery domain to develop innovative medicines for the 21st century.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biomedical Research / trends
  • Drug Discovery / trends*
  • Drug Industry / trends*
  • Humans
  • Pharmacy
  • Universities