Formulation Development
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Lifecore Biomedical: Emerging From Under the Radar
Darren Hieber discusses his company’s progress after his first year as Sr. Vice President of Corporate Development and Partnerships at Lifecore Biomedical.
EXCIPIENT TECHNOLOGY - A Juggling Act: Factors at Play in Your Choice of Solubilizing Parenteral Excipients
Joey Glassco, MBA, says the power of novel excipients such as Apisolex polymer could revolutionize the parenteral drug development landscape, effectively solubilizing a wide range of APIs without compromising on safety or stability.
ANTI-VIRAL RESEARCH - Anti-Viral Activity of Pimpinella anisum Extract In Vitro Study
Fouad Al-Bayaty, Mazen M. Jamil Al-Obaidi, Maryam Haki Al-Doori, and Omar Imad present a study conducted to evaluate the antiviral effectiveness of Pimpinella anisum against dengue virus.
Ajinomoto Integrates R&D Sites in Japan & Korea With Genedata Bioprocess
Genedata and Ajinomoto recently announced Ajinomoto has successfully rolled out Genedata Bioprocess® to its Korean sites, Ajinomoto Genexine, in line with….
Imbria Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment in Phase 2 IMPROVE-HCM Trial of Ninerafaxstat in Patients With Non-Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Imbria Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced it has completed enrollment in the IMPROVE-HCM Phase 2 placebo controlled clinical trial of ninerafaxstat with 67….
Enterin Announces the Start of a First-in-Human Study of ENT-03 in Obesity & Type 2 Diabetes
Enterin Inc. recently announced the start of a Phase 1a study in obesity and Type 2 diabetes (IND #155001). The study is a first-in-human, single…
NovelMed Phase 1 Clinical Trial Shows Inhibition of the Alternative Pathway & Preservation of the Classical Pathway – A Long-Acting Anti-Properdin Monoclonal Antibody for PNH Patients
NovelMed Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced topline results from First-in-Human Phase 1 clinical trial of its complement blocker monoclonal anti-Properdin antibody, known as NM3086…..
Synlogic Announces Initiation of Synpheny-3 Global, Pivotal Phase 3 Study Evaluating SYNB1934 for Treatment of Phenylketonuria
Synlogic, Inc. recently announced the initiation of Synpheny-3, a global, pivotal Phase 3 study evaluating the efficacy and safety of SYNB1934 as a potential treatment…
Portage Biotech Reports Updated Interim Data for Lead iNKT Engager in Phase 1/2 Trial for the Treatment of Advanced Melanoma & Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Portage Biotech Inc. recently announced updated interim data from the Phase 1 portion of the trial evaluating its lead invariant natural killer T cell (iNKT)…
Artax Biopharma Announces Positive Phase 1 Results for Company’s First-in-Class Oral Immunomodulator Developed to Treat T Cell-Mediated Diseases
Artax Biopharma, Inc. recently announced positive Phase 1 clinical trial results for AX-158, the company’s first-in-class oral small molecule immunomodulator to enter clinical development to…
Medigene Announces Pipeline Expansion Into Neoantigens With Programs Targeting Multiple KRAS Mutations & HLAs
Medigene AG recently announced its pipeline expansion into neoantigens (also known as oncogenic driver mutations) with KRAS (Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homologue) as the…
Wheeler Bio and Charles River Laboratories Announce Agreement to Build & Operate RightSource Laboratory
Wheeler Bio, Inc. and Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. recently announced an agreement to implement RightSource at Wheeler Bio’s current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) biologics manufacturing facility….
Upperton Pharma Solutions Increases Oral Dosage Form Capabilities at Its Nottingham HQ
Upperton Pharma Solutions has expanded its oral dosage form capabilities at its newly built headquarters in Nottingham, UK. Part of Upperton’s £15m investment program announced…
Coave Therapeutics Announces Positive 12-Month Data From Ongoing Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of CTx-PDE6b in Patients With Retinitis Pigmentosa Caused by Bi-allelic Mutations in PDE6b
Coave Therapeutics recently announces the positive 12-month results from its Phase 1/2 trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of its innovative gene therapy, CTx-PDE6b, for…
Minoryx Gains FDA Approval to Initiate Phase 3 Trial in Patients With Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy
Minoryx Therapeutics recently announced US FDA approval of its Phase 3 clinical trial (CALYX) of lead candidate leriglitazone, to treat adult male X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD)…
Evonik Launches Next-Generation Peptide for Biopharma Applications
Evonik now offers cQrex® KC, a performance-boosting peptide for cell culture media used in the manufacture of biological drugs. The new peptide enables cell culture process developers….
Positive Phase 2 Data of Novel Investigational Anti-CD40L Antibody Frexalimab Show Significantly Reduced Disease Activity in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
New data, being presented in a late-breaking session at the 2023 Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) annual meeting, demonstrate that frexalimab, Sanofi’s novel second-generation…
MetrioPharm Receives Orphan Drug Designation for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
MetrioPharm AG recently announced the US FDA has granted Orphan Drug Designation for MP1032 for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. DMD is the most…
Silo Pharma Commences Study of Novel Joint Homing Peptide SPU-21
Silo Pharma, Inc. recently announced its entry into a research agreement expanding the study of its novel joint homing peptides targeting rheumatoid arthritis (RA), designated…
OLON Enters ADC Market
OLON Group recently announced the start of construction of a new facility at its Rodano site (Milan, Italy) which will be entirely dedicated to managing and producing Ultra-Potent compounds, used for example as payloads and payload-linkers for antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), one of the….