Formulation Development
ProteoGenix, Aseem Healthcare & Trident Biopharm Solutions Announce New Antibody Cocktail Effective Against Major Variants of SARS-CoV-2
ProteoGenix, Aseem Healthcare, and Trident Biopharm Solutions recently announced the development of a new antibody cocktail effective against major variants of SARS-CoV-2. The cocktail of…
Evonik Launches New Peptide to Boost Productivity of Cell-Culture-Based Biopharmaceuticals
Evonik now offers a highly pure cystine peptide to address challenges in the formulation of cell culture media and processes used in the development and…
SPECIAL ROUNDTABLE - Which Trends Will Have the Most Impact on Drug Development in 2022?
Drug Development & Delivery posed this question to life science leaders during a recent roundtable discussion. While their responses are varied, a common theme is that COVID-19 has left a lasting impact on the industry….
Curia Adopts the Berkeley Lights Platform to Expand its Antibody Discovery Capabilities
Berkeley Lights, Inc. and Curia recently announced Curia’s adoption of The Beacon Optofluidic system and workflows from Berkeley Lights to accelerate….
Yumanity Therapeutics Announces Definitive Agreements for Two Strategic Transactions
Yumanity Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced it has entered into definitive agreements for two strategic transactions. The first definitive agreement is an asset purchase….
Assembly Biosciences Initiates Phase 1b Clinical Trial Evaluating Next-Generation Core Inhibitor
Assembly Biosciences, Inc. recently announced the initiation of a Phase 1b trial of its investigational next-generation, highly potent core inhibitor ABI-H3733 (3733). 3733 has demonstrated…
Jubilant HollisterStier Enters Cooperative Agreement With US Government to Expand Critical Vaccine Manufacturing Capacity
Jubilant Pharmova Limited recently announced that Jubilant Pharma Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, through one of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Jubilant HollisterStier LLC, (JHS) a leading US-based….
Immunocore Announces Clinical Trial Collaboration With Sanofi
Immunocore Holdings Plc recently announced it has entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Sanofi…..
Zai Lab & Novocure Announce Phase 2 Pilot Study Evaluating Tumor Treating Fields Together With Standard-of-Care Chemotherapy Meets Primary Endpoint for First-Line Treatment of Gastric Cancer
Zai Lab and Novocure recently announced the EF-31 Phase 2 pilot study, testing the safety and efficacy of Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) together with standard-of-care…
Evonik Invests $220 Million to Build New Lipid Production Facility for mRNA-based Therapies in the US
Evonik is building a new, highly flexible, global-scale production facility for pharmaceutical lipids in the US. The new plant at Evonik’s Tippecanoe site in Lafayette,…
4P-Pharma & Delta 4 Join Forces to Find & Develop Treatments for a Rare Autoimmune Chronic Liver Disease
4P-Pharma and Delta 4 recently announced the signing of a collaboration agreement in which both companies will jointly identify and develop first-in-class drug candidates for a rare autoimmune chronic liver….
Teon Therapeutics Announces FDA Acceptance of IND Application for Novel, Oral Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor
Teon Therapeutics recently announced the acceptance by the US FDA of Teon’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for the study of TT-816. TT-816 is a novel, oral cannabinoid CB2 receptor….
PDS Biotechnology Granted FDA Fast Track Designation for Lead Candidate
PDS Biotechnology Corporation recently announced the US FDA has granted Fast Track designation to PDS0101 in combination with Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab). PDS0101 in combination…
Biogen & Samsung Bioepis’ & Biogen's BYOOVIZ (ranibizumab-nuna) Launches in the US
Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. recently announced BYOOVIZ (ranibizumab-nuna), a biosimilar referencing LUCENTIS (ranibizumab), has been launched….
Vaxart Reports Positive Preliminary Data from Phase 1b Trial of its Oral Norovirus Vaccine Candidates in Elderly Adults
Results of the trial show a robust immune response across all doses, with a dose-dependent production of IgA antibody secreting cells (ASCs), consistent with previous…
WHITEPAPER - Protecting Workers and the Environment: Facilities and Processes Key to Safely Making Highly Potent Drug Products
Handling HPAPI drug products requires skill, expertise and knowledge of safety considerations. This whitepaper examines the importance of US based drug product manufacturing and facility requirements to safely and efficiently manufacture solid oral dosage (SOD) HPAPI products….
PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY - Confident Silence: Delivering on the Promise of siRNA Therapies
Giles Campion, MD, says while the liver offers plenty of fertile ground for developing siRNAs therapies to treat many diseases, many disease-related genes are not highly expressed in the liver. For this reason, the next great challenge in the field is delivering siRNA to tissues outside the liver.
SPECIAL FEATURE - Outsourcing Formulation Development & Manufacturing: Understanding Critical Attributes Earlier in Development Leads to a More Robust Drug Product
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin speaks with industry leaders on how drug sponsors and CDMOs are collaborating earlier, and highlights how third-party contractors are navigating material shortages and how the industry is shifting to address different therapeutic targets and molecules, such as mRNA.
GLOBAL REPORT – 2021 Global Drug Delivery & Formulation Report: Part 3, Drug Delivery and Formulation Pipeline Trends
In part 3 of this 3-part series, PharmaCircle, in collaboration with Drug Development & Delivery, provides additional insights into the nature of the current pipeline in terms of development phase, delivery route, molecule type, and disease area taken from PharmaCircle’s Pipeline Dynamics module.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - BIOVECTRA: mRNA & the Future of Pharma
Marc Sauer, PhD, discusses his new position, growth at BIOVECTRA, and how he believes mRNA technologies can best be leveraged to improve the lives of patients.
