The latest episode of the DDW Highlights Podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Bruno Quinney narrates five key stories of the previous week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry news. Last week, new research showed drug therapies could prevent hereditary diseases. Elsewhere, there were major developments in cancer research and gene therapy could help combat hearing loss. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.
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Overcoming barriers to patient access
This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, titled “Overcoming barriers to patient access”, which covers two articles written for DDW Volume 25 – Issue 1, Winter 2023/24. They are called: “Scaling up: The need for human cells to give better access to cell therapies" and "Decentralised identities: Blockchain based informed consent." In the first article, DDW Editor Reece Armstrong speaks to Kathryn Golden, SVP Technical Operations and Manufacturing at bit.bio. They discuss novel technologies, and methods to manufacture human cells for therapies so more patients can access these treatments. In the second article, industry experts explain how blockchain can fundamentally enhance clinical trials.
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DDW Highlights: 14 October 2025
The latest episode of the DDW Highlights Podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Bruno Quinney narrates five key stories of the previous week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry news. Last week, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three scientists for their discovery on regulatory T cells. Elsewhere, AI use continues to rise in pharma and biotech, while CAR-T therapy has been used for the first time to treat ulcerative colitis. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.
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DDW Highlights: 7 October
DDW’s Bruno Quinney narrates key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. This week’s news is led by the agreement by Genmab to acquire Merus, an announcement which could have important ramifications in cancer research. Scientists have also made breakthroughs in pancreatic cancer, as well as in the understanding of Covid ‘brain fog’.
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First-in-class mechanisms for the next wave of dermatology innovation
In the In Conversation With series, a part of the free DDW podcast, DDW speaks with members of the drug discovery industry about their work and how it helps turn science into business. In this episode, Megan Thomas is in conversation with Thibaud Portal, Founder and COO of Alys Pharmaceuticals, a biotech launched in 2024 with a landmark $100 million seed round. The conversation explores the vision behind founding Alys, the role of strategic collaborations with leading scientists, and the rationale for building a diversified dermatology pipeline spanning atopic dermatitis, systemic mastocytosis, and rare conditions such as Cold Urticaria. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.
Here at Drug Discovery World (DDW) we've been publishing articles written by leading experts in the Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical, and BioPharmaceutical industries for over 20 years.
DDW has grown as a quarterly business review of drug discovery and development, and now we've created this podcast to allow you to listen to our articles on the go.
In our journal and this podcast, we cover topics surrounding: drug discovery; drug development; business; chemistry; enabling technologies; informatics; personalised medicine; screening; therapeutics, and much more.
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