CYP Design, a de Montfort University spin-out, has been named East Midlands Startup of the Year. Spun out from the Leicester-based university’s School of Pharmacy, the company helps support drug discovery research.
The company, which commercialises research by professor Bob Chaudhuri, is aiming to make discovery and creation of new drugs easier and more affordable. The technology uses proteins, called cytochrome P450s, which can be found in the human liver and are responsible for metabolising drugs, to quickly identify chemical…
