The University of Florida’s Centre for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development (CNPD3) has formed a trilateral research partnership with Duke‑NUS Medical School in Singapore and Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) to explore marine natural products for potential therapeutic use.

• Focus: The collaboration aims to translate the rich biodiversity of marine ecosystems around Indonesia into medicines and therapeutic products.
• Structure: The partnership enables researchers from the three institutions to share resources and expertise, including sample collection, chemical and pharmacological analysis, and preclinical development.
• Research Goal: The initiative is intended to strengthen global alliances in natural product research and build scientific capacity to advance drug discovery.

This summary is based on a report by the UF College of Pharmacy.