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Sussex Drug Discovery Centre

Our mission is to create a world-class drug discovery centre that enables the rapid translation of early or more advanced research projects from the Sussex School of Life Sciences into innovative therapeutics for diseases with significant unmet medical needs, through collaboration with other universities, pharma, and industry.

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Latest news

SDDC Sussex researchers are tackling the 'guardian of the genome' to fight cancer.

23 January 2025

Professor John Spencer's vital research on p53 has enabled a new cancer treatment called Rezatapopt to enter clinical trials.


The Sussex Drug Discovery Centre is to host private biotechnology tenant Stratosvir in its laboratory facilities

27 November 2024

The Sussex Drug Discovery Centre has embarked on a novel initiative by hosting Stratosvir Ltd, a pioneering UK early-stage cancer therapeutics company


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