The Targeted Proteins database (TPdb) is a daily updated monitoring service, developed for use by companies involved in the R&D of the human proteosome as a source of potential drug targets.

The challenge for these companies is to manage the recent explosion in genomic and proteomic data and the rapidly increasing knowledge about the proteins, enzymes and substrates involved. The TPdb has been developed to gather, filter and critically evaluate this mass of information so that it can be used in a way to enhance, rather than hinder, R&D efficiency.

Constructed around sets of proteins of crucial interest to drug researchers, the TPdb provides web access to consolidated, relevant information gathered from disparate research communities and updated on a daily basis.

Over and above this process, the information is further analysed and evaluated by international networks of relevant protein experts, set up as Virtual Academies, to highlight the more interesting aspects and add value by commenting on it’s possible impact on drug R&D.