EIPG’s and PIER’s next webinar, presented by Dr Annie Curtis, will cover the role of the body clock in drug development, efficacy and toxicity. For centuries we have known that rhythms in our physiology exist so that our bodies stay in tune with the daily cycle, imposed by the rotation of the Earth. Twenty years ago scientists began to genetically pick apart the molecular make-up of these rhythms, and discovered that each of our cells has the capacity to tell the time of day. This has opened up a new field in biology, called chronobiology, which is the study of our body clocks in health and disease. Today, this field has begun to unpick the implications of our body clocks in terms of drug development, efficacy and toxicity. This has major implications as up to half of the 100 top selling medicines are against a target that is controlled by our molecular clock, leading to daily changes in the expression of this target. Chronotherapy has the aim of harnessing our body clocks and these subsequent rhythms to improve the efficacy and safety of drugs.
This is an event for members of EIPG member organisations, Contact your national association EIPG representative for further information.