A new lesson plan on drug discovery

It seems that we (medicinal chemists) can get easily lost in the Pharma industry whirlwild when we describe drug discovery.  But could it be that the future still depends on the efforts from Academe? Here's a novel Viewpoint describing the benefits of industrial–academic collaboration towards drug discovery research. At least we can all agree that the field is evolving, and this is just an example of how "we" continue to find ways to keep up with the ever-changing times.

What's in store for drug discovery?

With pharma companies cutting jobs left and right, all the med chem discussion groups have their ears turned up and are paying close attention to the dwindling chem jobs.  Here's an interesting read on what possibly lies ahead.  http://bit.ly/wbnR6n