Dear friends,
Please joins us tonight, 7:15 pm, at Jernabi Coffeehouse (11 Maple St., Potsdam) for our next Science Cafe event (a rundown follows).
See you there!
—Dani
How are Drugs Invented and Why is the Process so Expensive?
Canton: Tuesday, Oct 23, 7:15 pm
Potsdam: Wednesday, Oct 24, 7:15 pm
Natural materials (minerals, plants, and animals) were known to be useful in the treatment of illnesses from ancient times, but only with Paul Ehrlich’s development of the “magic bullet” concept, in the early 1900’s, did we realize that drugs could be invented, not only discovered. Science and technology led the way to the modern, rational drug design process, allowing the treatment of many diseases that were previously untreatable. But the road to a successfully marketed drug is still paved with many failures.
Join Dr. Omar Stradella, Associate Scientific Director of Translational Sciences at Sanofi S.A (a French multinational pharmaceutical company), in a from-the-trenches discussion on the history of drug discovery and invention, the basics of modern drug design, and the economics of the process.