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Drug Discovery Opening Keynote Address: Adventures In Precision Medicine For Cancer: 25 Years After The Genome Sequence

Paul Workman

Paul Workman

Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Institute of Cancer Research

12 August, 2026
Watch time: 31 Minutes

Highlights

Takeaways

• Oncology leads the way in genome-based medicine with estimates of at least 90 FDA approvals requiring biomarkers for optimal patient selection – almost half of all drugs authorized since 1998

• In discovery, ‘Drugging the Cancer Genome’ is being further enabled by technologies such as CRISPR, chemical probes, structure/fragment-based design, degraders (PROTACs and molecular glues), immune-targeting and AI/machine learning approaches

• In clinical development, use of the ‘Pharmacological Audit Trail’ framework is being enhanced by cheaper next generation sequencing, liquid biopsy, and innovative PK/PD modelling

Paul Workman, Harrap Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer

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