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A Permissioned Blockchain-based System for Collaborative Drug Discovery

Olsson, Christoffer LU and Toorani, Mohsen LU (2021) 7th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy, ICISSP 2021 p.121-132
Abstract
Research and development of novel molecular compounds in the pharmaceutical industry can be highly costly. Lack of confidentiality can prevent a product from being patented or commercialized. As an effect, cross-organizational collaboration is virtually non-existent. In this paper, we introduce a blockchain-based solution to the collaborative drug discovery problem so that participants can maintain full ownership of the asset and upload partial information about molecules without revealing the molecule itself. A prototype is also implemented using the blockchain technology Hyperledger Fabric and analyzed from security and performance perspectives. The prototype provides a set of functionalities that makes sure that ownership is maintained,... (More)
Research and development of novel molecular compounds in the pharmaceutical industry can be highly costly. Lack of confidentiality can prevent a product from being patented or commercialized. As an effect, cross-organizational collaboration is virtually non-existent. In this paper, we introduce a blockchain-based solution to the collaborative drug discovery problem so that participants can maintain full ownership of the asset and upload partial information about molecules without revealing the molecule itself. A prototype is also implemented using the blockchain technology Hyperledger Fabric and analyzed from security and performance perspectives. The prototype provides a set of functionalities that makes sure that ownership is maintained, integrity is protected, and critical information remains confidential. From a performance perspective, it provides a good throughput and latency in the order of milliseconds. However, further improvements could be done to the scalability of the syst em. (Less)
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Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP’21)
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12 pages
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SciTePress
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7th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy, ICISSP 2021
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Online Streaming
conference dates
2021-02-11 - 2021-02-13
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  • scopus:85103016497
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978-989-758-491-6
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10.5220/0010236901210132
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English
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  abstract     = {{Research and development of novel molecular compounds in the pharmaceutical industry can be highly costly. Lack of confidentiality can prevent a product from being patented or commercialized. As an effect, cross-organizational collaboration is virtually non-existent. In this paper, we introduce a blockchain-based solution to the collaborative drug discovery problem so that participants can maintain full ownership of the asset and upload partial information about molecules without revealing the molecule itself. A prototype is also implemented using the blockchain technology Hyperledger Fabric and analyzed from security and performance perspectives. The prototype provides a set of functionalities that makes sure that ownership is maintained, integrity is protected, and critical information remains confidential. From a performance perspective, it provides a good throughput and latency in the order of milliseconds. However, further improvements could be done to the scalability of the syst em.}},
  author       = {{Olsson, Christoffer and Toorani, Mohsen}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP’21)}},
  isbn         = {{978-989-758-491-6}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{02}},
  pages        = {{121--132}},
  publisher    = {{SciTePress}},
  title        = {{A Permissioned Blockchain-based System for Collaborative Drug Discovery}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0010236901210132}},
  doi          = {{10.5220/0010236901210132}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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