Challenges facing drug discovery in vascular disease

Drug News Perspect. 2005 Dec;18(10):657-62.

Abstract

The Society for Medicines Research symposium Challenges Facing Drug Discovery in Vascular Disease was held September 30, 2005, at Organon Research, Newhouse, Scotland. The conference brought together an international panel of speakers representing academia and the pharmaceutical industry to review approaches to the treatment of diseases affecting the vasculature. The focus of the meeting was on atherosclerosis and one of its clinical manifestations, stroke. The meeting reviewed current and emerging therapeutic approaches and improving technologies to monitor risk and disease progression in patients.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Atherosclerosis / drug therapy*
  • Atherosclerosis / etiology
  • Congresses as Topic*
  • Humans
  • Scotland
  • Stroke / drug therapy*
  • Vascular Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Vascular Diseases / prevention & control