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Last Updated: 05/05/2026

Drug Discovery Unit, University of Dundee

Scotland
Founded 2006
Integrated academic drug discovery facility for anti-infectives and innovative targets

The Drug Discovery Unit is an academic drug discovery facility at the University of Dundee, integrating medicinal chemistry, high-throughput screening, structural biology, cell biology, and DMPK in a single purpose-built facility.

The DDU conducts small molecule drug discovery programmes across two areas: anti-infectives, covering tuberculosis, kinetoplastid diseases, malaria, and antifungals; and an innovative targets portfolio spanning oncology and neurodegeneration.

The DDU has several partnership models on a commercial and collaborative basis.