Drug Discovery Centers

Center for Drug Design and Development

Therapeutic Approaches: Small Molecules, Biomarkers, Drug Delivery

Therapeutic Areas of Expertise: Oncology, Doors Open to All Areas

Center/Program Highlights:

- One of the longest-running centers of this type based within an academic institution - For potential small molecule products, can essentially do everything between concept to an IND submission except GMP synthesis and GLP tox - Funded exclusively by extramural sources, run a budget of ca. $1M per year although now at ca. $750K due to overall economy

Sources of Funding: Industry Partnerships, Disease Foundations, Revenue, Federal/State,

Industrial Partnerships: Mostly small company now but have had previous relationships with bigpharma, e.g. Pfizer