About
The DDU is one of a kind in the UK – a drug discovery research lab in the heart of a university campus that brings together assay development, screening, cell biology, medicinal chemistry, structural biology, computational chemistry and Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (DMPK), in one integrated facility.
We continue to develop our position as a partner of choice for biopharma, product development partnerships (PDPs) and academic investigators by delivering high-quality preclinical data packages and de-risking novel drug targets for diseases of unmet medical need.
Some of our key achievements to date:
4
compounds in clinical trials and 1 repurposed compound in anti-infectives
>£100M+
secured in research funding
130
experienced translational scientists
9
assets licensed to pharmaceutical companies
"Neglected tropical diseases affect the poorest people in the world and, at the time, simply didn't receive the same attention within the pharmaceutical industry as more 'profitable' problems such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases."
DDU Annual Report
Read about the impact we have made at the Drug Discovery Unit.