Speakers:
- Anna Hirsch, Head of drug design and optimization. Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (Germany)
- Patrizio Mattei, Distinguished Scientist – Medicinal Chemistry, Roche Innovation Center Basel (Switzerland)
Moderator:
- Ravindra Jumde, Scientific Senior Officer, GARDP (Switzerland)
In this webinar, experts from academia and industry discussed the critical role of chemical synthesis in antimicrobial research and development and its applications across the various stages of drug discovery.
Presentation 1: Tackling under-explored anti-infective drug targets with new chemical scaffolds (Anna Hirsch)
- Provide new therapeutic options to tackle the AMR crisis
- New targets ensure new mode of action
- New chemical scaffolds that require synthesis
Presentation 2: A case study of zosurabalpin (Patrizio Mattei)
- Introducing zosurabalpin, a novel antibiotic targeting lipopolysaccharide transport
- Chemical synthesis at various stages of the discovery and development.
This live webinar including an interactive Q&A session was broadcast on 23 January 2025.
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