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What the Scoreboard Doesn’t Show

On a hot summer afternoon in Shanghai, our conversation with Xianjing Yu took an unexpected turn toward the basketball court. “I played basketball for seven y...

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From Scientific Curiosity to Two Biotech Companies

As a child, Nicholas T. Hertz spent much of his time exploring outdoors and wondering what the world around him was made of. That curiosity followed him into th...

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Not Impossible, Just Different | Pragmatism in Action: A Conversation with Dr. Dongdong Wang on AI-Driven Drug Discovery

Over the past 30 years, BioDuro’s story has been written not only by our scientists, but also by the clients and partners who shared our vision and entrusted ...

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He Calls It Instinct: Qixuan Lu and His “Work-Life Quality” Philosophy

In process development and production, making a molecule in the lab is only the beginning. What comes next is turning that initial synthetic route into a robust...

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Behind the Science, Beside the Client: Todd Blewett’s Long Run at BioDuro

On a crisp fall morning in New England, just off the beach, Todd Blewett stood at the starting line of his first marathon with his daughters. The setting was be...

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20 Years of Showing Up: Yuyan Chen’s BioDuro Story

How quiet persistence and trust shaped a career alongside a changing field In drug discovery, twenty years is enough to reshape entire fields. Technologies rise...

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From Flight Paths to Drug Pathways: The Journey to BioDuro’s Chief Scientific Officer

While growing up, a young Subas would stand in a field in Nepal, eyes fixed on a distant jet streaking across the sky. He’d run with his arms outstretched, pr...

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A Bridge Builder: Connecting Science, Teams, and Cultures

A Conversation with BioDuro CEO Dr. Armin Spura The alarm goes off before sunrise, and Dr. Armin Spura is already checking time zones. In a few hours he’ll be...

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“Watching My Mother Wait Made Me Act,” Dr. Masood Tayebi on Starting BioDuro

The story of BioDuro over these nearly three decades begins with a son sitting at his mother’s bedside, realizing that medicine moves too slowly when the pers...