Recent disclosures of clinical drug candidates.

On December 8, 2005, the Society for Medicines Research held a one-day meeting in London, United Kingdom, entitled Recent Disclosures of Clinical Drug Candidates. The meeting brought together speakers from Europe representing the pharmaceutical industry and provided an overview of some the latest approaches being taken in a range of therapeutic areas such as oncology, inflammation, CNS disease and reproductive medicine.

Chemokines and drug discovery.

Chemokines and Drug Discovery was a one-day meeting organized by the Society for Medicines Research, held at the Novartis Horsham Research Centre in Horsham, United Kingdom, on March 11, 2004. More than 100 scientists, mostly from industry, attended this meeting.

Is there a best strategy for drug discovery?

The Society for Medicines Research held a meeting on March 18, 2003, at the National Heart & Lung Institute in London, United Kingdom, to discuss strategies for drug discovery. The meeting began with a history of the origins of drug discovery. Discussions also covered the best strategies for drug discovery, including combinatorial chemistry and high-throughput screening, and ways to meet the challenge of the so-called "innovation gap," among other topics.