Advances in Drug Discovery Technology

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary

• 1. Introduction
  • 1. Introduction to Drug Discovery
  • 2. Drug Discovery Process
• 2. Scope and Methodology
  • 1. Scope
  • 2. Methodology

2. Technology and Application Viewpoint

• 1. Technology and Application Analysis
  • 1. Technology Primer
  • 2. Latest Technologies Prove Useful to the Future of Drug Discovery
• 2. Market Trends and Regulations
  • 1. Mergers & Acquisition
  • 2. Regulations and Political Factors

3. Technology Adoption Factor Analysis

• 1. Drivers and Industry Trends
  • 1. Technology Drivers
  • 2. Technology Trends
• 2. Challenges and Restraints
  • 1. Challenges
  • 2. Restraints

4. Assessment of Innovations and Opportunities

• 1. Innovative Developments in North America
  • 1. Enzyme Fragment Complementation Assay Technology for Screening Compounds--USA
  • 2. Caliper's LabChip Technology--USA
  • 3. New Molecular Descriptor with High Information Content--USA
  • 4. New Approach in Drug Discovery Technology--USA
  • 5. New Combined Program Offering Quicker Results in Drug Discovery--USA
  • 6. Biosensor Dye Aid Viewing Proteins in Live Cells--USA
  • 7. Integrated Microfluidic Chips to Image the Biology of Disease--USA
  • 8. Small Molecule Based Drug Discoveries for Obesity Autoimmune and Alzheimer's Disease--USA
  • 9. New Technique to Analyse the Toxic Level--USA
  • 10. New Microarray System to Efficiently Examine Gene Regulation --USA
  • 11. Analog for Poly D-Lysine (PDL) for Culture of Fastidious Cells in Normal and Reduced Serum Media--USA
  • 12. Nanopore Device Speeds up the Drug Discovery Process--USA
  • 13. Nanoantenna Help Drug Discovery by Imaging Protein Structure--USA
  • 14. Dual Color Infrared Imaging--USA
• 2. Innovative Developments in Europe/Asia
  • 1. Bio-Analytical Instrument for Effective Drug Discovery--UK
  • 2. System to Speeden the Drug Discovery Process--Moscow
  • 3. High Throughput Electrophysiology for Screening--Sweden
  • 4. Epibase - A New Technology Platform for Drug Discovery--Belgium
  • 5. Novel Solution for Protein Microarrays--Germany
  • 6. MALDI-TOF and TOF/TOF Technology for Proteomics and Biomarker Discovery Studies--Germany
  • 7. 3D Tomography of Flexible Proteins--Sweden
  • 8. Fieldtemplater Technology Helps Ion Channel Drug Discovery--UK
  • 9. Delphi Technology Identifies Receptors--Switzerland

5. Contacts and Patents

• 1. Key Patents
  • 1. Companies
  • 2. Universities
• 2. Key Contacts and Glossary
  • 1. Contacts
  • 2. Glossary

6. Frost & Sullivan 2005 Science and Technology Awards

• 1. Technology Innovation Award
  • 1. Award Description
  • 2. Award Recipient
• 2. Excellence in Technology Award
  • 1. Award Description
  • 2. Award Recipient
• 3. Product Innovation Award
  • 1. Award Description
  • 2. Award Recipient

7. Critical Reference Tables

• 1. Decision Support Database
  • 1. Pharmaceutical R&D Expenditure--World (1999 - 2006)
  • 2. Percent Pharmaceutical R&D Expenditure--World (1999 - 2006)
  • 3. Percent Government Biotech Investment--World (1999 - 2006)
  • 4. Government R&D Investment on Biotechnology--World (1999 - 2006)
  • 5. Private Investment in Biotechnology--World (1999 - 2006)
  • 6. Percent Government Investment in Biotechnology--World (1999 - 2006)