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European BioPharmaceutical Review

The Development of PARP Inhibitors to Treat Cancer and Other Diseases

There is currently much debate in the pharmaceutical industry regarding the future of cancer treatment. Only time will tell if research into anti-angiogenesis, vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and myriad signalling pathways, among other therapeutic strategies, will provide returns on investment and significantly improve the treatment of cancer. At the same time, the knowledge gained from current cancer research and targeted drug discovery programmes must be viewed in light of the opportunities that it may offer for treating other important human diseases. It is important to realise that vast libraries of compounds are generated during the course of the cancer drug discovery process and many of these may have uses in disease areas that do not strategically fit with the goals and focus of the developer.

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By Professor Stephen P Jackson, Deputy Chairman of the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology, and Founder of KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Professor Stephen P Jackson is Deputy Chairman of the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology, and is the Frederick James Quick Professor of Biology at the University of Cambridge. He founded KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Ltd together with Cancer Research Technology and the University of Cambridge in 1997.

In 2002, Professor Jackson was awarded the Anthony Dipple Carcinogenesis Young Investigators' Award for his contributions in the field of molecular oncology, and in 1997 he received both the Tenovus Medal and the Biochemical Society Colworth Medal. He has also been elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization. He holds a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Edinburgh.

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