Drug Development

A key benefit for companies when outsourcing formulation development is the broad experience they can gain from a dedicated service provider, particularly for niche markets.

Shifting demands from industry innovators is leading to an increased need for flexible and agile outsourcing partners offering broad and integrated models.

CDMOs offer expertise and customization options for sponsors of orphan drugs.

PhoreMost has entered into separate collaboration agreements with Polaris Quantum Biotech and NeoCura Bio-Medical Technology to discover and develop novel cancer therapeutics.

BenchSci, a specialist in machine learning applications for novel medicine development, has completed a Series C financing round.

A collaboration and licensing agreement has been entered into by the Queen’s University Belfast and Ipsen.

Stevanato Group has extended its licensing agreement with Haselmeier for its Axis-D pen injector technology.

In their collaboration, Bristol Myers Squibb and Prellis Biologics aim to generate human antibody libraries for select targets to enable drug discovery.

In this episode of the Drug Solutions podcast, Chris Spivey, editorial director, and Meg Rivers, senior editor, interview experts on up-and-coming 2022 trends in the bio/pharma industry.

Fosun Pharma and Insilico Medicine will collaborate on AI-driven drug discovery and development of product candidates targeting multiple disease targets.

The collaboration between Bristol Myers Squibb and Century Therapeutics will combine Century’s iPSC-derived allogeneic cell therapy platform with Bristol Myers Squibb’s expertise in cell therapy and oncology drug development.

The agreement expands Pfizer’s access to LNP formulation technology for mRNA vaccines and therapeutics.

FDA has cleared an IND from Poseida Therapeutics, allowing continued development of the company’s allogeneic CAR-T cell therapy candidate for treating multiple solid tumors.

Particle analysis provides assurances of the quality and performance of the final dosage form in pharmaceutical development.

Sample preparation tends to be manually labor intensive, but automating this step helps streamline the glycosylation monitoring workflow.

Warp speed is amazoning pharma practices and protocols.

A new focus on speed to market creates challenges for facility design and construction.

Dosage form and patient needs drive excipient choice.

Poor solubility remains a big issue for drug development and, as such, is driving innovation in approaches and use of novel technologies to help overcome the associated challenges.

There is need for training personnel in various analytical skill sets for biologic drug substance testing.

DTx manufacturers are taking advantage of the new regulatory flexibility, afforded by the COVID-19 pandemic, to pilot new products and generate real-world evidence to support regulatory filing and reimbursement.

Amgen and Syngene International have extended their research collaboration to 2026.

GlaxoSmithKline, together with the University of Oxford, has launched the Oxford-GSK Institute under a new collaboration that aims to study complex diseases to accelerate the success of drug discovery and drug development efforts.

Lonza has signed a five-year services agreement to provide for the development and manufacturing of biologics and small molecules for portfolio companies owned by Bioqube Ventures.

Sanofi’s acquisition of Origimm Biotechnology will add to its pipeline of vaccine candidates for treating acne.

Recordati’s blockbuster acquisition of EUSA Pharma gives them access to a portfolio of four drugs that treat rare cancers.

Fujifilm’s center adds local support in Suzhou, China for cell culture media optimization.

This collaboration aims to better understand Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease and increase drug discovery and development success rates.

High price tags threaten to block patient access to potentially life-saving cures and treatments.

Increased patient-centricity and alternative dosage forms require careful consideration when selecting the best taste-masking approach.