Medicinal chemistry

Medicinal Chemistry

Medicinal Chemistry is a research theme within the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS).

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Monash University and partners awarded Global Innovation Linkages Program grant to boost global demand for imaging agents in disease diagnostics

The Commonwealth Government’s GILP has invested $1 million to establish a Research & Development manufacturing hub for the production and commercialisation of new [18F]-PET imaging agents, as part of a collaboration being led by Monash
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Scientists tackle the issue of “nuisance compounds”

An international consortium of world-leading scientific investigators, including Monash University, are developing a “nuisance compound” toolset, which will enable global researchers to distinguish the good from the bad when screening
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MIPS researchers receive MRFF funding to accelerate discovery research projects

Researchers from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) are leading, or playing an integral role, in a number of projects which have received funding from the Commonwealth Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
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Next-gen antibiotic developed by Monash University enters clinical trials

In a critical step towards addressing an urgent unmet medical need due to infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria - also known as ‘superbugs’ - a new antibiotic (QPX9003) discovered by Monash University researchers has entered
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Monash University drug researchers discover potent class of molecules that kills malaria parasite

A world-leading team of antimalarial researchers from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) have discovered a new class of molecules capable of killing Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes malaria in humans through the
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MIPS researcher awarded for knowledge commercialisation

Professor Jonathan Baell and colleagues from WEHI were recognised for their work in developing a new cancer treatment.

Scientists develop novel tools to gain new insights into an important therapeutic target

A team of researchers, led by the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) have, for the first time, developed a tool that will enable the wider scientific community to gain a deeper understanding of how the human adenosine A1 receptor
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Leading drug researchers join forces to tackle chemotherapy-induced heart damage

A team of researchers from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) have collaborated to develop novel small molecules with the aim to protect heart muscle cells from
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MIPS and WEHI granted patent for invention to help tackle cancer

An invention developed by a team of researchers from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research has been granted patent by The European Patent Office and The United States Patent and
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