Shortcut strategy for screening compounds with clinical potentials for drug development

(City University of Hong Kong) The journey of developing a new drug often takes years and needs hundreds of millions of dollars. A 'shortcut' has now been found by a collaborated research led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU), which can potentially reduce the time and costs of developing new drugs by sorting out the high potential candidates out of a long list of chemical compounds.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news