Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD)
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2050 Deadline For Tuberculosis
It has been a challenge for the government of India to come up with a new drug to cure tuberculosis and scientists at IICT are keeping their fingers crossed as the new combination of PA824 moxifloxacin and pyrazinamide under the Open Source Drug Discovery has successfully entered phase-II of clinical trial. Read More »
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Africa: Potential New Class Of Antimalarials Now Open Source
This week, MMV hands the triazolopyrazines and their key data over to Dr Mat Todd at the University of Sydney, where research on these potential antimalarials will continue for all the world to see as part of the Open Source Malaria project. Read More »
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All About Chemistry
This has also led to the emergence of computer-aided drug design as an attractive career option. The laudable initiative of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in launching the Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) encourages students and faculty anywhere in the country and abroad to register, log in to the website and participate in the discovery of new drugs. In this programme, the innovator helps in generating new drugs to be made available to the common man at a reasonable price.
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An Example Of Open Source Drug Discovery
“Open Source Drug Discovery? How does that work?” I am asked this quite a lot. There are some principles and core practices that are involved, embodied in the Six Laws, but those are quite hifalutin. Let me give a practical example. Read More »
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APJ Abdul Kalam For Open Source R&D For Medicines
If the concept of ‘open source’ (universal access and contribution to a budding idea/technology via free licence) can be applied to developing software, then why not to promoting research and development into finding cure of diseases like malaria? Read More »
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Award Winners Of CSIR-OSDD-VP Short Film Competition-2013
The final screening of the 23 shortlisted videos of CSIR-OSDD-VP Short Film Competition-2013 on “Need of New Drugs for TB” was successfully conducted by a national jury headed by veteran actor / director Shri Amol Palekar in Kolkata during 06-07 January 2013. Read More »
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Clinical Trials On Candidate Drug For TB Under OSDD To Begin Soon
Putting the search for the first indigenous drug for tuberculosis on an advanced stage, the clinical trial of the candidate drug under the unique model of open source drug discovery (OSDD) programme will start soon. Read More »
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CSIR Pushes For TB, Malaria Drug Finds [India]
NEW DELHI: Giving crowd sourcing a whole new meaning, scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have initiated a country-wide venture to build a chemical library with diverse compounds that will successfully drive drug discovery programmes, particularly for neglected diseases like tuberculosis and malaria.
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CSIR, Royal Society Of Chemistry Team Up To Support OSDD Efforts: Minister
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Royal Society of Chemistry of London to support drug discovery efforts through the Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) , the Parliament has been told. Read More »
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Funding Crunch Hits Neglected Diseases Plan
The Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) programme — a global collaborative initiative supported by the Indian government to find affordable treatment for neglected tropical diseases — has suffered a temporary setback due to a funds crunch caused by tardy submission of funding estimates. Read More »
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Funds Crunch Hits India's Drug Development Project
Lack of funds is threatening the smooth progress of India’s unique Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) project, a first of its kind attempt to develop drugs for neglected diseases, when it is entering a crucial phase of research. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had in February announced that OSDD, the pet project of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), had identified a lead (potential drug candidate) for tuberculosis (TB).
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Healthcare Via Shipping Containers?
Why not? Being classified as prefabricated structures, containers avoid the regulatory hassles associated with floor area rules or land-use agreements that arise in setting up physical infrastructure. Minimalist in design, it can be transported through rail and used in the remotest corner of the country. Read More »
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India's Open Source Drug Discovery Program Faces Lack Of Funding
India's Open Source Drug Discovery Program, or OSDD, ran out of funding last week, as the ministry of science and technology did not clear the cabinet note to extend the project's funding on time. OSDD was created in 2008 in an effort to develop new drugs to treat neglected diseases, including Tuberculosis, Malaria, and Leishmaniasis.
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Indian Pharma Industry Should Work For Inventing New Drugs, Dr Abdul Kalam
The Indian pharmaceutical industry should turn their attention to invent new drugs from molecule levels and each manufacturing unit should try to become invention centres, opined Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India. Read More »
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Italian Man Makes Worldwide Plea For Best Brain Cancer Treatment
Salvatore Iaconesi is looking for a cure for his brain cancer and he’s asking the world to help. Read More »
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