Bio Platforms
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.
OLIGONUCLEOTIDE DELIVERY – Dectin-1 Receptor-Mediated Delivery of Oligonucleotide Drugs Complexed With Schizophyllan Dendritic Cells & Macrophages
Kenji Arima, PhD, and Akihiko Watanabe, PhD, introduce NapaJen Pharma’s technology with a specific focus on solving some of the current challenges of oligonucleotide therapeutics.
MARKET BRIEF – Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes: A New Frontier in Cancer Immunotherapy
Cheryl L. Barton, PhD, and Bianca Piachaud-Moustakis, PhD, believe the role of TIL therapy as an anticancer therapy in melanoma and possibly other solid tumors holds great promise and could become a viable course of treatment in the future.
2020 COMPANY PROFILES & CAPABILITIES
For each participating company, this section presents a detailed summary highlighting their core technologies, capabilities, technologies, and services.
DRUG DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE – ProQR: Developing RNA Therapies for Rare Genetic Disorders
Daniel de Boer, Chief Executive Officer of ProQR, discusses the use of RNA technology to directly target the underlying cause of genetic diseases.
INTRATUMORAL DELIVERY – Arming the Immune System; Turning Cold Tumors Hot
Daniel J. O’Connor believes a trigger mechanism that can turn cold tumors hot can help researchers set their focus on delivering potentially life-saving drugs directly to core of a cancerous tumor.
ON-TARGET DELIVERY – Lipid-Based System Introduces a Novel Approach for an HIV Vaccination
Fabrice Navarro, PhD, summarizes recent disappointing clinical trial results for HIV vaccines and reports on CEA-Leti’s new approach based on engineered lipid nanoparticles that deliver p24 (a viral protein that optimizes the CpG adjuvant’s effect) with pinpoint accuracy.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Eloxx Pharmaceuticals: Developing Rare Disease Drugs for Nonsense Mutations
Bob Ward, Chairman and CEO at Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, discusses nonsense mutations and how his company’s goal is to bring safe and effective therapies to children and adults suffering from genetic diseases as quickly as possible.
EXCLUSIVE ONLINE CONTENT
Aqualung Therapeutics Awarded NIH Fast-Track Award
Aqualung Therapeutics, an early stage biotech company developing an immune-focused, anti-inflammatory therapeutic platform for unchecked inflammation in patients with serious acute and chronic diseases, has been awarded….
OXGENE Introduces TESSA Technology for Robust & Reproducible AAV Manufacture at Scale
OXGENE recently announced the launch of its scalable, plasmid-free manufacturing system for AAV. OXGENE’s new TESSA technology addresses….
T-knife & Catalent Sign Technology Transfer & Manufacturing Agreement
T-knife GmbH and Catalent recently announced they have signed an agreement to provide technology transfer and CGMP clinical manufacturing of T-knife’s T1367 T-cell receptor (TCR) program…..
CombiGene & Cobra Biologics Sign Agreement to Secure GMP Production of Plasmids for Production of Gene Therapy
Cobra Biologics and CombiGene AB (publ) (CombiGene) recently announced they have signed agreements covering Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) production of two essential….
Gain Therapeutics Announces Research Collaboration With Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma
Gain Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced it has entered into a strategic research collaboration agreement with Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. for the research and development of….