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Building to Boost Purdue Drug Discovery

Most people may not consider Purdue University when they think of drug discovery. "Neither did we," admits Purdue chemist Phil Low, whose discoveries helped form West Lafayette-based cancer drug company Endocyte. He says the university didn't realize its own strength until it formally counted the number of drugs it had in human clinical trials. Purdue leaders were surprised to find the sum rivals the most prominent universities and medical schools in the country. The realization has led to what Purdue drug research may need most: a dose of self-promotion in the form of a new $25 million Drug Discovery Building.

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