UCSF School of Pharmacy
Small Molecule Discovery Center and Genentech partner in drug discovery
Friday, February 19, 2010
UCSF's Small Molecule Discovery Center (SMDC) announced on February 18, 2010 that it has signed its first major industry partnership agreement since the SMDC was founded in 2005. The agreement is with Genentech, Inc. to discover and develop drug candidates for neurodegenerative diseases. Genentech will provide funding and its research acumen in neuroscience and will collaborate with UCSF to identify small molecules. The SMDC is administered by the UCSF School of Pharmacy and directed by James Wells, PhD, chair of the School's Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
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