Bio Platforms
GENE THERAPY – The Role Viral Vectors Play in Current Gene Therapy Development
Dieter Lingelbach, MBA, discusses the history and science of viral vectors, their current applications, and why they are a vital component in contemporary gene therapy development.
NEXT-GENERATION TUMOR TARGETING – Leveraging the Tumor Microenvironment to Change the Standard of Care
Vishwas Paralkar, PhD, highlights a unique platform technology that represents the first technology that has successfully been used to target cancer drugs to tumor cells in animal models, while sparing healthy tissue.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Adare Pharmaceuticals: A Virtual Acquisition is Possible
Ajay Damani, VP of Pharmaceutical Technologies Business Unit, Adare, and Maria Flynn, President and CEO, Orbis, discuss how both companies will benefit from the acquisition, future product development, and the challenges of a virtual acquisition.
GLOBAL REPORT – 2019 Global Drug Delivery & Formulation Report: Part 3, Notable Drug Delivery & Formulation Transactions & Technologies of 2019
In part 3 of this 4-part series, PharmaCircle, in collaboration with Drug Development & Delivery, focuses on several notable drug delivery and formulation transactions and technologies.
THERAPEUTIC PEPTIDES – Continuous Manufacturing of Peptides Could Speed Up Development, Reduce Costs & Improve Quality
Jens Bukrinski, PhD, MSc, says the high-quality, high-process consistency between manufacturing runs and the in-line PAT analytics of the μLOT platform will enable unprecedented robustness of the manufacturing process, significantly retiring the risk of failure to supply due to non-scalability of the manufacturing process.
INTRATUMORAL DELIVERY – Combining Local & Systemic Treatments: Could Immuno-Oncology Finally Enable Local Intratumoral Delivery?
Lewis H. Bender, MA, MBA, says cancer is a local and systemic disease, and new forms of local treatment, such as intratumoral dosing coupled with systemic immunotherapy, are being explored.
DEVELOPMENT TIMELINES – Drug Development Times, What it Takes – Part 2
Josef Bossart, PhD, reviews the Development and Review Times associated with new molecular entity (NME) approvals throughout the 2010 to 2018 period.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Noxopharm: Introducing a Novel & Potentially Transformative Drug Candidate in the Treatment of Cancer
Graham Kelly, Founder, Executive Chairman, and CEO of Noxopharm, discusses the company’s innovative approach to cancer treatment.
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE – Personalizing Cancer Immunotherapy: Trends in Biomarker Discovery
Emile Youssef, MD, PhD, says due to tumor heterogeneity, the plasticity and diversity of cancer cells, and a multitude of other factors, biomarker development is a challenge, and thus explores four trends in cancer biomarker discovery.
DEVELOPMENT TIMELINES – Drug Development Times, What it Takes – Part 1
Josef Bossart, PhD, explains how accurately estimating a product’s clinical development timelines is more than simply adding up the individual timelines, almost always optimistic. You need to “know” the numbers, not just calculate them.
EXCLUSIVE ONLINE CONTENT
Scioto Biosciences Receives $26.5 Million Series B Investment From Genome & Company
Scioto Biosciences recently announced the closing of a strategic investment of up to $26.5 million from Genome & Company and other investors to join in an upcoming tranche….
Protalix BioTherapeutics & Chiesi Global Rare Diseases Announce US FDA Acceptance of Biologics License Application
Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. together with its development and commercialization partner Chiesi Global Rare Diseases recently announced the US FDA has accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) and granted….
GigaGen Announces Publication of Research Describing a New Class of Drugs, Recombinant Hyperimmunes, Including its Novel COVID-19 Therapy, GIGA-2050
GigaGen presents a novel technology for producing a new class of drug, which it calls recombinant hyperimmunes…..
Biogen & Denali Sign Co-Development/Co-Commercialization Agreement
Biogen Inc. and Denali Therapeutics Inc. recently announced they have signed a binding agreement to co-develop and co-commercialize Denali’s small molecule inhibitors of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) for….
Immatics Extends Cell Therapy Manufacturing Collaboration With UTHealth
Immatics N.V. recently announced the extension of its cell therapy manufacturing collaboration with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)….