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Research programs for more effective drug development

Fast track to safe drugs

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Talent scouts at work: in preclinical research, biologists and veterinary medicine experts investigate the toxicity of substances. Precise weighing of the substance dose...

Talent scouts in sport and drug development both have equally difficult jobs: to accurately select the most promising prospect from thousands of candidates. Active ingredient specialists comb the world of chemical compounds. About 95 percent of potential drug candidates fail to make the grade en route between the laboratory and the pharmacy. The main reason is that the substances exhibit adverse side effects

Toxicology detectives for the whole of Europe
Bayer HealthCare is now collaborating with numerous other companies in a major pan-European project. Their joint goal is to create a fast track to safer drugs. They use cutting-edge analysis methods to search for characteristic changes that substances exert on genes, metabolism and proteins. They aim to be able to predict the side effects of a substance as early as possible in the development process. Find out more about the toxicologists’ detective work here.