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Cambridge Drug Discovery Ltd.

Cambridge Drug Discovery was formed in 1997 by four Pfizer scientist who wanted to exploit expertise in assay development, high-throughput screening and informatics, to accelerate the drug discovery process. One of the company's discovery platforms is used to discover small-molecule modulators of G-Protein Coupled Receptors.

Cambridge Drug Discovery Ltd. is not alone in seeking to accelerate the drug discovery process. Nor is there anything novel about the areas it's chosen to focus on: G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs), ion-channels and protein kinases, all of which play key roles in the cell-signaling processes, and hence providing a rich hunting ground for drug targets. But CDD is hoping a focused, quality-not-quantity approach will help distinguish it from the crowd.

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