Drug discovery – the journey from bench to bedside

During this lecture Dr Amit Aggarwal will take audience members on a whistle-stop tour that explains how today’s innovative medicines are made available to patients.

The development of a single medicine usually takes over ten-years and costs more than £1bn, starting with 10,000 potential chemical candidates before years of testing and trials reduces them down to arrive at the one effective medicine, which is safe and suitable for human consumption. This is a journey from the computer screen and laboratory, through three-stages of clinical trials, via licensing and reimbursement bodies, to deliver novel treatments and ground-breaking advancements in patient care that change lives across Wales.

This is a Science in Health public lecture in association with The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI).