Bio Platforms
THERAPEUTIC FOCUS – Antisense Drug Shown to Significantly Reduce Triglyceride Levels in Patients With Severe Hypertriglyceridemia
Ioanna Gouni-Berthold, MD, provides results from a clinical study indicating antisense technology can result in significant reductions in triglyceride levels in patients with hypertriglyceridemia.
MULTIPARTICULATE SYSTEM – Advances in Lipid Multiparticulate Technologies for Controlled Release
Jaspreet Arora, PhD, Samantha Saville, and Brett Waybrant, PhD, focus on a controlled-release LMP formulation to identify optimum annealing conditions and to better understand the annealing mechanism.
CLINICAL TRIALS – Maximizing Immuno-Oncology Clinical Trial Success
Luke S. Gill, MSc, MBA, believes understanding and overcoming various challenges in the development of immunotherapeutic agents will be critical to clinical trial success and, ultimately, market approval.
GLOBAL REPORT – 2017 Global Drug Delivery & Formulation Report: Part 3, Notable Transactions & Technologies of 2017
In part 3 of this 4-part series, PharmaCircle in collaboration with Drug Development & Delivery, reviews transactions and technologies that provide greater insight into what we can expect in terms of product development and approvals over the next decade.
INJECTABLE NANOMEDICINES – New Developments in Long-Acting Injectable Nanoformulations
Dongwei Guo, PhD, and Jingjun Huang, PhD, focus on the overview of nanoproducts in the market and the technologies to make long-acting injectable nanoformulations.
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES – The Development of Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Products: A Comprehensive Guide to CMC Activities From Clone to Clinic
Howard L. Levine, PhD, and Brendan R. Cooney, provide a guide to product development companies, service providers, investors, and analyst as they work their way through the complex and rapidly evolving world of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – MilliporeSigma: Accelerating the Development & Manufacture of Gene Therapies, Immunotherapies & Viral Vaccines
Dave Backer, Head of Virus & Gene Therapy Strategic Initiatives at MilliporeSigma, talks about his company’s expanding GMP capacity to speed development and manufacture of gene therapies, immunotherapies, and viral vaccines.
3D PRINTING – 3D Printed Drugs Hold Great Potential for Personalized Medicine
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin explores 3D printed drugs in the wake of a milestone in the pharma industry when Aprecia Pharmaceuticals’ Spritam (levetiracetam) tablets became the first FDA-approved prescription drug product manufactured using 3D printing technology.
DNA THERAPEUTICS – DNAbilize-ING Antisense
Peter Nielsen, MBA, explains how his company’s candidates are differentiated from those in development at other companies by the type of modification to the antisense molecule and the method by which it is conveyed to its target cell.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – NanOlogy: Submicron Particle Platform Transforms Systemic Chemotherapy Into Local Delivery
Marc Iacobucci, Managing Director of NanOlogy, discusses his company’s technology, clinical program, and efforts to transform cancer therapy.
EXCLUSIVE ONLINE CONTENT
Y-mAbs Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of IND
Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced the US FDA has cleared the Investigational New Drug (IND) application for a humanized bispecific GD2 antibody.
Domain Therapeutics Signs R&D Collaboration & License Agreement With Boehringer Ingelheim
Domain Therapeutics recently announced announces a multi-target drug discovery collaboration and licensing agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim on orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) in the Central Nervous System (CNS) disease area.
Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services Introduces Bioconjugation Technology for ADC Manufacturing
Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services recently presented data at the World ADC Summit in San Diego this month describing a proprietary site-selective bioconjugation technology, AJICAP.
Evelo & Merck Enter Clinical Trial Collaboration
Evelo Biosciences, Inc. recently announced it has entered into a clinical trial collaboration agreement with Merck. The collaboration will evaluate EDP1503 in combination with KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab).
Organovo Partners With IIAM on Multi-Year Clinical Biomaterial Sourcing Agreement
Organovo Holdings, Inc. recently announced it has entered into a cell and tissue clinical sourcing agreement with the International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine (IIAM).