Developing medicines of the future

Cardiff University’s Medicines Discovery Institute (MDI) translates groundbreaking research from across the institution into new treatments, with a focus on disorders of the central nervous system, such as depression and dementia as well as cancers and immunological conditions.

Professor John Atack, Director of the MDI and Loren Waters (BSc 2020, MRes 2021), Research Assistant will explain the journey from discovery to development through clinical trials and real-world applications.

Hear how the Institute is training the next generation of drug-discovery scientists and collaborating with industry to take cutting-edge medicines from the laboratory bench to the patient.