Technical Briefing: Making Natural Product Research Work

05 February 2013,

Biopharmaceutical R&D is a challenging and complex process that is crucial for the development of new medicines that improve the lives of millions of patients around the world.

When carrying out natural product research there are even greater challenges, which range from longer discovery timelines, to complexities in sourcing of materials and in large scale production.

This IFPMA Technical Briefing showed how these challenges can be overcome through collaborations, underpinned by a workable legal framework, where many pieces have to come together to achieve the perfect picture.