Formulation Development
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Quotient Sciences: Unique Considerations & Challenges When Developing Palatable Pediatric Formulations
Nazim Kanji, Executive Director, Pediatric Services at Quotient Sciences, discusses the unique considerations and challenges when developing palatable pediatric formulations, so that molecules can become cures, fast.
INHALATION THERAPY – An Overview to Drug-Nebulizer Combination Development With Biologics
Hernan Cuevas Brun, MBA, says biologic drugs are increasingly being investigated for delivery with inhalation therapy, which has initiated more in-depth discussions about the implications of formulation development and their pairing with adequate inhaled devices for more efficient treatment outcomes.
WHITE PAPER – A Safe & Efficient Analytical Method for Identity Determination of Oligonucleotides is Now Available
Drs. Alexandra H. Heussner and Melanie Zerulla-Wernitz believe it is essential that the ID specified by the API manufacturer is confirmed before use since it forms the basis for successful drug production.
TARGETED ONCOLOGY THERAPIES – Harnessing Nature’s “Cues” to Selectively Activate the Immune System to Attack Cancer
Dan Passeri, MSc, JD, reviews a new class of synthetic biologic drugs engineered and designed to leverage the beneficial effect of IL-2 to selectively stimulate the proliferation and cytotoxic activity of disease-relevant T cells against cancer.
DRUG DELIVERY – CAPRO(TM): A New Advance in Polymeric Drug Delivery
Bob Wieden and Chun Wang, PhD, discuss how significant challenges, coupled with the complexity and diversity of new pharmaceuticals, have fueled the development of a novel polymeric drug delivery platform that overcomes a great many bioavailability and delivery obstacles.
MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS – Sterile Drug Product Manufacturing During a Global Pandemic
Ankit Agrawal, MSc, Ronald Aungst, Jr., PhD, Jonothan Hamer, MCIPS, and Barbara Solow, PhD, say with vaccines and treatments now available and yet more on the horizon, the first major manufacturing hurdles have been crossed; however, the finish line is still in the distance.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Emergent CDMO: Making the Impossible, Possible for Biopharma Innovators
Catherine Hanley, Vice President & Interim CDMO Business Unit Head at Emergent BioSolutions, discusses the company’s plans for current and future CDMO operations and client partnership opportunities.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – Attempting to Speed Up Vaccine Development to Combat the Next Pandemic
Lars Wegner, MD, in the wake of the huge impact Covid-19 has had around the world, presents a state-of-the-art mathematical modelling and algorithms approach to vaccine development to prevent the next pandemic.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Croda: Solutions for Your High Value Drug Products
Dr. Stephen Rumbelow, Life Sciences Research Fellow for Croda Inc., discusses polysorbates, a key excipient used for stabilizing drug molecules in injectable dosage forms.
DRUG DEVELOPMENT – Simplifying the Drug Development Journey
Fran DeGrazio explains how experienced and focused collaborators can provide guidance, support services, manpower, and intellect to make it easier to achieve all the goals needed in delivering a drug to a patient.
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Enteris BioPharma Launches Enhanced Website Showcasing Full Suite of Bench to Market™ Services
Enteris BioPharma, Inc., a biotechnology company developing innovative drug products based on its proprietary delivery technologies, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of SWK Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: SWKH), recently announced the launch….
F-star Announces Issuance of US Patent Protecting FS118, a Bispecific Antibody Targeting PD-L1 & LAG-3
F-star Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced the USPTO has granted a patent protecting the composition of matter of FS118, F-star’s tetravalent bispecific antibody which blocks PD-L1 and LAG-3 receptors…..
Spero Therapeutics Awarded up to an Additional $12.9 Million by BARDA to Support the Development of Orally Administered Tebipenem Pivoxil in Pediatric Patients
Spero Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced the company and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the US….
Kinnate Biopharma Inc. Announces FDA Clearance of Investigational Drug Application for KIN-3248
Kinnate Biopharma Inc. recently announced the US FDA has cleared the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for KIN-3248, a next-generation….
Revive Therapeutics Provides Update on Phase 3 Clinical Trial for Bucillamine in COVID-19
Revive Therapeutics Ltd. recently provided an update on the company’s US FDA Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Bucillamine, an oral drug with….