Drug Discovery and Development

Drug Delivery Target Identification and Validation

Target endorsement is the leading step in discerning a new drug and can stereotypically take 2-6 months. The process embroils the tender of a range of techniques that aim to demonstrate that drug effects on the target can provide a therapeutic benefit with an acceptable safety window.  Premature in-depth target endorsement increases indulgent between target manipulation and disease efficacy, leading to increased likelihood of success in the clinic.  Once a bull has reached an adequate level of validation and disease linkage, the project moves into the hit identification phase.