A Critical Juncture for the UK’s Vaccines Industry
Britain, home of the discovery of the world’s first ever vaccine, has long been championing a pharma sub-segment forecast to reach a global market value of USD 49.27 billion by…
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Astex is the world leader in fragment based drug discovery – the most important advance in drug discovery chemistry in the last 20 years.
Our internal pipeline is currently focused on the discovery and development of products in the therapeutic areas of oncology and virology.
Our pre-eminent position in this field is underlined by:
The productivity of our discovery engine which has helped to deliver seven novel drug candidates into development – five of which are now in clinical trials with another two in preclinical development.
Multiple collaborations in various therapeutic areas with leading pharmaceutical companies such as AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen Pharmaceutica and Novartis that collectively have headline potential deal value in excess of $1 billion for Astex.
World-class science that has been published in leading journals such as Nature, Science and the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, with some of our papers being among the most cited in their field.
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