{"id":3669443,"date":"2025-08-28T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/?page_id=3669443"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:21:18","slug":"translational-medicine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/research\/areas-of-innovation\/translational-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Translational medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"mco-b2-hero-block-block_876c77d62183e1aac655a5f145a50141\" class=\"mco-b2-hero-block full mccberg-block\">\n    <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-image-section \">\n\n                            <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-image-container \">\n                    <picture >\n\t<source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/08\/Scientist-in-lab-SD-052_HI.jpg?w=768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/08\/Scientist-in-lab-SD-052_HI.jpg?w=768\" >\n<source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1199px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/08\/Scientist-in-lab-SD-052_HI.jpg?h=768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/08\/Scientist-in-lab-SD-052_HI.jpg?h=768\" >\n<source media=\"(min-width: 1200px) and (max-width: 1919px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/08\/Scientist-in-lab-SD-052_HI.jpg?w=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/08\/Scientist-in-lab-SD-052_HI.jpg?w=1200\" >\n<source media=\"(min-width: 1920px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/08\/Scientist-in-lab-SD-052_HI.jpg?w=1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/08\/Scientist-in-lab-SD-052_HI.jpg?w=1920\" >\n\t<img data-src=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/08\/Scientist-in-lab-SD-052_HI.jpg?w=1920\" alt=\"scientist in lab\" class=\"eager \" loading=\"eager\" \/>\n<\/picture>                                    <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-image-container-two\">\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-content-section\">\n            <nav class=\"breadcrumbs wrapper text-descriptive\"aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\"><\/nav>            \n                            <h1>Translational medicine<\/h1>\n            \n                            <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-description\"><p>Our scientists are using translational medicine to guide decision-making in the drug development process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"mco-title-block-block_de175accfc1f354e9383ae9c52160525\" \n\t class=\"mco-title-block mccberg-block aligncenter\" \n\t \t >\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"mco-title-block-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mco-title-block-title\">What is translational medicine?<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mco-title-block-description\"><p>Translational medicine is a research discipline connecting basic science discoveries from the laboratory with the clinic and back again. It aims to use scientific insights and learnings to drive the development of patient-centered solutions and help promising treatments reach patients.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"mco-title-block-block_1a4b5f3de76ea4eca45b3f2dd5123ca5\" \n\t class=\"mco-title-block mccberg-block mt-2 mb-2 aligncenter\" \n\t \t >\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"mco-title-block-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mco-title-block-title\">Collaborating for the future<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mco-title-block-description\"><p>Our multidisciplinary team of scientists are conducting cutting-edge clinical investigations within translational medicine. By leveraging state-of-the-art capabilities, including biomarker development, quantitative modeling and advanced imaging techniques, their work guides important decisions in the drug development process and drives promising candidates through our pipeline.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Translational medicine across the drug development process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"mco-three-column-content-block-block_87466c57b30a286f955f27e135049f6b\"\n     class=\"mco-three-column-content-block mccberg-block mt-2 mb-2\">\n\n\t\n    <div class=\"mco-three-column-content-columns-container\">\n\n                <div class=\"mco-three-column-content-column\"\n                    >\n                        <div class=\"mco-three-column-content-col-img-container\">\n            <div class=\"mco-three-column-content-col-img\">\n                <picture>\n                    <source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"\n    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in lab\"\n                            \/>\n                <\/picture>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n                            <div class=\"mco-three-column-content-col-content-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>Preclinical <\/h3>\n            \n            \n                            <div class=\"mco-three-column-content-col-wysiwyg\"><p>We help drive drug development using innovative techniques to understand diseases and lay the foundation for preclinical candidates in clinical trials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n    \n                <div class=\"mco-three-column-content-column\"\n                    >\n                        <div class=\"mco-three-column-content-col-img-container\">\n            <div class=\"mco-three-column-content-col-img\">\n                <picture>\n                    <source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"\n                            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data-src=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2024\/04\/Merck_Icon_Navy_RGB_Diversity_and_inclusion.png?resize=56\" alt=\"icon\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stat-block-caption\">Clinical development and operations<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"stat-block-statistic\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"stat-block-tablet-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"stat-block-description\">Collaborating to design and execute complex early-stage clinical trials, our clinical development and operations team applies deep scientific and clinical expertise to generate high-quality data, manage regulatory logistics and support informed decision-making and regulatory approval.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"art-stat-block-block_60a6dd5f1c56d2fb2ab976c2bb849007\" class=\"art-stat-block mccberg-block\">\n\t<div class=\"stat-block-content has-icon has-caption\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"stat-block-icon lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" 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