21st-Century Drug Discovery and Development for Global Health Organizer(s): Ken Duncan, Elizabeth Winzeler and Lluís Ballell Date: October 17 - 20, 2018 Location: Hotel Palace Berlin, Berlin, GermanyInfectious diseases cause substantial morbidity and mortality in the developing world. The medicines available today are often inconvenient to use or result in side effects, and many are being lost to emerging drug resistance. There remains an urgent need to discover and develop the next generation of transformative medicines that are more efficacious, more highly targeted, and have a better safety profile. This will only be achieved through the application of state-of-the-art drug discovery tools, technologies and approaches. This meeting will focus on diseases caused by parasitic organisms and bacteria, including malaria, neglected tropical diseases, diarrheal disease and tuberculosis. The goals of this meeting are to improve understanding of the disease burden and challenges faced in developing new therapies, to highlight examples of progress towards new drug candidates, and to foster communication and collaboration among communities of researchers working in global health across the spectrum from research to the clinic. The meeting will be of interest to basic scientists as well as drug discovery and development experts wanting to gain a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities in global health. Global Health Travel Award Deadline: May 15 2018 Scholarship Deadline: June 19 2018 Discounted Abstract Deadline: June 19 2018 Abstract Deadline: July 17 2018 Discounted Registration Deadline: August 16 2018 We gratefully acknowledge additional in-kind support for this conference from those foregoing speaker expense reimbursements:
BioVersys AG
Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc.
Sirenas
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