
The Drug Discovery World Podcast
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.
For the podcast we have selected recent, relevant and popular scientific articles, so that you can listen to all of the best content from Drug Discovery World. We hope you enjoy.
Latest episodes

Nov 25, 2024 • 12min
DDW Highlights: 25 November 2024
The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to and watch 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 most exciting news stories all represent innovative solutions to the treatment of disease, proving that ‘thinking outside the box’ can by the key to success in drug discovery. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.

Nov 18, 2024 • 15min
DDW Highlights: 18 November 2024
The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to. 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 Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 2024 taking place in Houston recently, there have been a number of recent announcements regarding the clinical advancement of immunocytokines, METTL3 inhibitors, cancer vaccines, CAR-T therapies and immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of cancer. You can listen here, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.

Nov 11, 2024 • 10min
DDW Highlights: 11 November 2024
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 DDW has reported on significant investment in the development of treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, but also gene therapies for CNS disorders and radioligand-based therapies for cancer. You can listen here, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.

Nov 4, 2024 • 14min
DDW Highlights: 4 November 2024
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 a week that saw a second monoclonal antibody rejected by UK regulator NICE, antibodies have been high on the news agenda. More positively, a new indication for Fasenra was approved in the EU, researchers found an antibody platform could overcome the challenges of treating mutating viruses, and monoclonal antibodies showed promise in lung cancer and immunoglobulin A nephropathy. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.

Oct 31, 2024 • 23min
How to streamline regulatory approval
This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, titled "How to streamline regulatory approval", which covers two articles written for Volume 24 – Issue 1, Winter 2022/2023 of DDW. They are called: Quicker time to regulatory submission through improved data management and The three key stages to a successful specialty drug launch. In the first article, Ken Forman, Senior Director of Product Strategy, IDBS explains how robust digital workflows can reduce errors and time to compile data leading to greater transparency, faster reporting and help biopharmaceutical companies reach regulatory submission faster. In the second article, Craig Caceci, Managing Director at Terebellum, offers guidance to pharmaceutical companies that are in the position to take their drugs to market.

Oct 29, 2024 • 14min
DDW Highlights: 29 October 2024
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 a presidential election just round the corner in the US and a new UK budget on the way, financial support for life sciences is high on the agenda, so the news round-up this week focuses on investment in drug discovery, by private investors, governments and charities. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.

Oct 29, 2024 • 32min
The unmet critical need for concussion drug therapies
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 CEO of Oxeia, Dr Michael Wyand, where we talk about Oxeia’s work; the unmet critical need for concussion drug therapies; the challenges facing them, including in clinical trials and investment; the potential market for concussion drugs, and more. You can now, and find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.

Oct 22, 2024 • 12min
DDW Highlights: 22 October 2024
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. As we are halfway through Breast Cancer Awareness Month, our news highlights this week focus on studies that could advance the treatment of cancer in the future, including a new understanding of cancer drug resistance, and novel therapeutics like radioimmunotherapy, RBM39 degraders and peptide-drug conjugates. You can listen below, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.

Oct 15, 2024 • 16min
DDW Highlights: 15 October 2024
The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. Recently, the Society for Neuroscience's annual meeting took place, so the headlines have been dominated by the latest discoveries related to the brain and the central nervous system, including significant findings related to GLP-1 agonists and an advanced theory of bipolar disorder. If these are of interest, don’t forget to register for DDW’s Neuroscience Showcase on 24 October. You can listen here, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.

Sep 30, 2024 • 13min
DDW Highlights: 30 September 2024
The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available. The publication of DDW’s latest eBook on immunotherapy has coincided with some interesting developments in this therapy area, particularly monoclonal antibodies, including two new regulatory approvals. You can listen here, or find The Drug Discovery World Podcast on Spotify, Google Play and Apple Podcasts.
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