Cost of drug development reduced thanks to new technology

18-Jan-2013 - United Kingdom

De Montfort University (DMU) has come together with Ithaka Life Sciences Ltd (Ithaka), to market new technology designed to speed up and reduce the cost of the development of new drugs and medicines.

A leading expert at DMU, Professor Bob Chaudhuri, has invented the technology which will provide new products and services, based on a set of proteins, named cytochrome P450s (CYPs).

CYPs are found in the human liver and are mostly responsible for the metabolism of drugs in people. These proteins are commercially available for use by companies involved in the discovery of new drugs, but are inconvenient to use as they must be transported and stored at temperatures as low as minus 80 degrees Celsius.

This new technology allows for CYPs to be shipped and handled at room temperature, eliminating the need for a cold chain. This will reduce the cost and make their use in testing new drugs much quicker and easier.

Together, DMU and Ithaka have established a new company which will be called CYP Design Ltd (CDL). DMU has licensed this new technology to CDL which is now seeking to bring the new products to market.

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