Asia Hub for e-Drug Discovery

Asia Hub for e-Drug Discovery (AHeDD)

Purpose

• Exchange of latest ideas and results on computational methods for drug discovery (virtual screening, ADME prediction, experiment planning system, etc.)
• Construction of an Asian research community for sharing knowledge, training people, and incubating new business in e-drug discovery

Backgrounds

Necessities of Regional Cooperation in Northeastern Asia

• Economic and technological potential of northeast Asia
• Sustainable development with strong scientific foundation
• Mutual beneficial solutions to the critical issues
• problem of infectious diseases such as SARS, avian flu
• characteristics of Asian people different from other ethnic groups

Necessities of e-Drug Discovery(e-DD)

• A solution to the decline of productivity in the area of pharmaceutical industry
• A solution to the shortcome of R&D expenditure and human resource