Pipeline
In The Pipeline Derek Lowe’s commentary on drug discovery and the pharma industry. An editorially independent blog, all content is Derek’s own, and he does not in any way speak for his employer. If you have any questions for Derek, please email him at derekb.lowe@gmail.com. Current Events The Fourth Of July, 2025 I’ve done a number of Fourth of July posts here on the site over the years. I'm not actually linking to any of them, because I find them unfortunately painful to look back on - this one, as they say, hits differently. I’ve spent the year so far watching the country of my birth slide disastrously off the rails, and with my own chosen profession (scientific and medical research) showing up as a very Chemical Biology New Assays Are Always Welcome Like anyone in drug discovery, I’m always ready to hear about new assays that will let us tackle unusual and difficult targets in as close to real-world living systems as possible. We have a lot of assay technologies already, ...