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The Drug Discovery World Podcast

Drug Discovery World (DDW)

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;

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13:08

DDW Highlights: 4 November 2025

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/11/04

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's top story came from women's health, as Bayer paved the way for a new approach to treat hot flashes due to menopause. Elsewhere, an anti-obesity medication has health benefits beyond weight loss and Alector discontinued its dementia drug. You can listen below, or find The

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14:37

DDW Highlights: 28 October 2025

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/10/28

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, Galapagos announced plans to shelve its cell therapy business and hundreds of employees are set to lose their jobs. Elsewhere, pharma firms are offering discounts to US patients and a new AI model shed light on how to improve immunotherapy. You can listen below, or find The

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18:52

DDW Highlights: 21 October 2025

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/10/21

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

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29:52

Overcoming barriers to patient access

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/10/15

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

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15:34

DDW Highlights: 14 October 2025

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/10/14

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

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15:10

DDW Highlights: 7 October

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/10/07

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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13:25

First-in-class mechanisms for the next wave of...

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/10/03

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

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13:35

DDW Highlights: 26 September 2025

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/09/26

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 week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. In this week’s news, results from a clinical trial offer hope for the first time that Huntington's disease can be slowed. Elsewhere, new synthetic kidneys could be 'revolutionary' tools for kidney disease research, and pharma giant Merck has partnered with technology company Siemens to

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16:30

DDW Highlights: 19 September 2025

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/09/19

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 week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. In this week's news, AstraZeneca has halted its £200 million research investment in the UK. Elsewhere, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fast-tracked a gene therapy, CAR-T therapy could be an effective cancer treatment, and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

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08:53

From established medicines to rare disease innovation

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/09/11

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 Emma Johnson, CEO of Essential Pharma, about the company’s move into clinical development, with the acquisition of Renaissance Pharma’s immunotherapy asset in development for the treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma in children. You can listen below, or find

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28:57

Redefining the future with plant-based therapeutics

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/09/03

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 Joel Stanley, CEO of Ajna Biosciences. We explore the promise and challenges of botanical drugs, focusing on Ajna Biosciences’ approach to developing therapeutics derived from plants such as cannabinoids and psychedelics. Joel reflects on his experience

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11:32

DDW Highlights: 26 August 2025

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/08/26

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. The news this week has emphasised the importance of shared knowledge and expertise to the development of new drugs, whether that is through research collaboration agreements or mergers and acquisitions, with a number of new deals across different therapy areas. You can listen below, or find

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25:54

Strategies and challenges in therapeutic development...

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/08/21

This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, titled “Strategies and challenges in therapeutic development and lab practice”, which covers three articles written for DDW Volume 24 – Issue 4, Fall 2023. They are called: “The inner workings of antibiotics”, “Targeting advances in immunotherapies”, and “The considerations for building sustainable labs in pharma”. In the first article, Dr Luke Clifton, Instrument Scientist at ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, explains the molecular mechanism

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13:59

DDW Highlights: 19 August 2025

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/08/19

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. This week has seen some incredible advances in immunotherapy, including the development of a therapy that combines natural killer and CAR-T cells, and an off-the-shelf cancer vaccine that could revolutionise treatment for patients with one of the most common cancer-driving mutations. You can

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14:05

DDW Highlights: 11 August 2025

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/08/19

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. In the week that the US Department of Health and Human Services cancelled multiple contracts investigating mRNA vaccines, a number of other clinical trials have made the headlines. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.

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15:03

A non-opioid approach to chronic low back pain

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/08/07

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 Steve Ruston, CEO of Persica Pharmaceuticals. Ruston has been CEO since the company was founded and has been a key player in developing Persica’s non-opioid, one-off treatment. In this episode, we discuss the shift toward treating bacterial causes of chronic low

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13:41

DDW Highlights: 4 August 2025

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/08/04

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. With the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) taking place this week in Toronto, Canada, there have been a number of updates in the neuroscience drug discovery field. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple

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DDW Highlights: 28 July 2025

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/07/28

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. Following the recent news that the FDA rejected Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical’s gene therapy due to manufacturing concerns, manufacturing has dominated the headlines this week, particularly significant investment in facilities in the US, and new guidelines to speed up CGT production in the UK. You

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19:26

Redefining oncology with radiopharmaceuticals

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/07/23

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 Thijs Spoor, CEO of the radiopharma company Perspective Therapeutics. The conversation covers how Perspective is advancing alpha-emitting radiopharmaceuticals to transform cancer treatment, with Spoor discussing the scientific, regulatory, and commercial

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12:58

DDW Highlights: 21 July 2025

The Drug Discovery World Podcast ·

2025/07/21

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. This week’s news highlights reflect the incredible levels of innovation and investment, but also the hurdles to overcome, in developing gene therapies – breakthrough treatments in many genetic diseases that can bring their own unique challenges in terms of manufacturing, delivery and safety

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