Lerner Center Robert Campbell Pharmaceutical Seminar: Current Challenges in Drug Discovery & Development: An Insider’s PerspectiveDecember 3, 200911:30am – 1pm; RBS-Newark, 1 Washington Park (Room 1123), Newark, NJ 07102
Hosted by Rutgers Business School’s Blanche and Irwin Lerner Center for Pharmaceutical Management Studies"Current Challenges in Drug Discovery & Development: An Insider’s Perspective"SpeakerChristopher J. Molloy, PhD, RPh, Dean and Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Ernest Mario School of PharmacyTopicModern drug discovery seeks to leverage advances in our understanding of disease at the molecular level with the discovery and implementation of innovative and cost-effective new therapeutic agents. Major challenges remain, however, in our ability to identify and validate innovative drug targets against important unmet clinical diseases and advance “risky” new products in an accelerated manner. This presentation will focus on key internal and external issues confronting drug discovery scientists today and outline some recommendations for drug development in the near future.Admission$210 for Rutgers Alumni, and sponsoring companies BMS, Eisai, J&J, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Schering-Plough, and their subsidiaries and current members of BioNJ; $250 general public (includes seminar fee & materials, lunch, and on-campus parking). Free for Rutgers University Faculty, Students, and Staff.Advance registration required: icastillo@business.rutgers.edu, 973-353-1016To learn more about the Lerner Center, visit our web-site: www.business.rutgers.edu/lerner
Contact:973-353-1016, icastillo@business.rutgers.edu
