Counting Stars: Why an Astrocentric Perspective Matters for CNS Drug Discovery

A new invited pharmaceutical industry editorial by Dr Nat Hastings, Cellestial’s CEO, has recently been published in IBI by SENGLOBAL LTD.


๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜:
โœฆ CNS drug discovery focusses on a relatively limited number of targets
โœฆ Traditionally, these targets centre on protection or replacement of neurones
โœฆ Conceptual frameworks define drug target selection more than tools
โœฆ Limited diversity in drug-development pipelines increases risk when multiple programmes depend on the same biological hypotheses

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น:
โœฆ Expanding Parkinson’s therapeutics pipelines to include other brain cells such as astrocytes offers a differentiated and complementary approach to disease modification

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜†:
โœฆ Read free online, pp40-42: https://issuu.com/senglobal1/docs/ibi_autumn_2026?fr=xKAE9_zMzMw
โœฆ Find the latest IBI issue at CPHI Milan on 6-8 October

Special thanks to Natalie Swanser of NS Communications LTD for the collaboration on the illustrations.

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