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21 December 2015

JECL sparks Drug Discovery community interest

Just one month after publication, the Drug Discovery Today article by Karawajczyk et al describing the quality of the JECL public compounds has reached Top 5 of the most downloaded articles of this prestigious journal.

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16 December 2015

The European Lead Factory has achieved significant milestones for 2015

400,000 novel drug-like compounds are now compiled in the Joint European Compound Library (JECL); and 60 drug targets have been selected for screening.

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16 December 2015

TI Pharma is now Lygature

Top Institute Pharma (TI Pharma), one of the partners in the EU Lead Factory, will be named Lygature as from January 1st 2016.

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14 December 2015

Award-winning HDB software published in Drug Discovery Today

The Honest Data Broker (HDB), a cloud-based informatics system, has been developed specifically to balance the intellectual property and scientific requirements of the consortium partners regarding the unique HTS screening and triage workflow within the EU Lead Factory.

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10 December 2015

The Netherlands Translational Research Center (NTRC) has identified IDO1 inhibitors with best-in-class properties

They have been developed from a series of inhibitor compounds first identified by screening the JECL of the European Lead Factory against IOD1 and TDO, important targets in cancer immunotherapy.

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09 December 2015

Patent filed for European Lead Factory compounds

Within 3 years after the launch of the European Lead Factory, the first patent protecting the outcomes of a drug target programme has been filed. The patent addresses multidrug resistance in bacterial infections. This important milestone reflects the EU Lead Factory’s ability to deliver on its promise, and highlights the potential of this shared-innovation approach to drug discovery.

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07 December 2015

Praise for the EU Lead Factory

Read the latest testimonial from a public drug target programme owner.

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30 October 2015

Early Career Researcher Event

EU Lead Factory welcomes PostDocs and PhDs.

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30 October 2015

Midterm Report: Reviewers acknowledge “highly significant achievements”

Independent reviewers acknowledged the achievements of EU Lead Factory as “highly significant” in the evaluation of the project’s midterm report.

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28 September 2015

European Lead Factory at Basel Life Science Week

Last week, Basel was the scientific hub for 3,000 scientists in the field of drug discovery. The Basel Life Science Week provided an opportunity not to be missed by the European Lead Factory. 

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