Drug Discovery in Dundee: A Q&a with Andrew Hopkins

Bio-IT World (Jan 21 2010) Pharmaceuticals

1. Bio-IT World | While working at Pfizer in the U.K. some 9 years ago, Andrew Hopkins and his colleague Colin Groom coined the phrase “the druggable genome”—a systematic analysis of the number of druggable targets in the human genome. In 2007, Hopkins made the bold decision to quit industry for academia. Hopkins says it’s taken a good two years to adapt from industry, but things are finally starting to come together. With patents filed, compounds being synthesized, biophysics and informatics operations up and running, Hopkins granted Bio•IT World this exclusive interview. (Read Full Article)

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