Chennai, July 21 -- A two-day national lecture workshop on "Recent Advances in Biomedical Sciences for Accelerating Drug Discovery and Therapeutics" concluded at the Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN) on Tuesday.

Organised by the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, the academic event was jointly sponsored by India's premier science bodies, the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi; the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Bengaluru; and The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Allahabad.

The primary objective of the workshop is to provide a vibrant platform for academic interaction, featuring expert lectures and technical deliberations on the rapidly evolving paradigms of biomedical research and drug develo...