New research to make medicine cheaper

A £1.1million project could make it easier and cheaper for pharmaceutical companies to develop new medicines that work effectively for patients. De Montfort University Leicester (DMU)’s Professor Mingzhong Li and Professor Walkiria Schlindwein were awarded more than £674,890 by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for the project, working alongside a team at the University of Surrey which received £409,247.

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