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News and Trends 29 Aug 2022

Sanyou and KangaBio to collaborate on antibody drug development and innovation

Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Shanghai KangaBio Co., Ltd. have reached an antibody drug licensing agreement. The subject of the agreement is a monoclonal antibody drug developed by Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals, which grants KangaBio an exclusive license to exploit the antibody for research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of immunotherapy products. Previously, KangaBio and Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals […]

August 29, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Aug 2022

Parkinson’s Foundation and Parkinson’s UK partner to drive drug development

The Parkinson’s Foundation and Parkinson’s UK, which funds research and provides support for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), have announced a new international strategic partnership to boost investment in research on new treatments for PD, which affects 10 million people worldwide. Over the next three years, the Parkinson’s Foundation will invest a minimum of $3 […]

August 23, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 1 Jun 2022

Chinese biotech company looks to help global monkeypox drug development

Shanghai Zelixir Biotech Company Ltd. has predicted more than 600 structures and added functional annotations of proteins from monkeypox virus proteomes, which is the complete set of proteins present at a given time in the cell. The company hopes the predicted structures will help the global quest to develop monkeypox vaccines. Monkeypox cases have grown […]

June 1, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

In Depth 7 Jun 2021

The Post-Covid Future of AI for Drug Development

With the global Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020, pharma companies and biotechs have increasingly turned to artificial intelligence to improve precision and speed in drug development. Artificial intelligence (AI), the ability of machines to learn from new input, is a broad term for a range of computing methods. Recommendation engines used by online shopping or […]

June 7, 2021 - 11 minutesmins - By Matthew Williams

News and Trends 7 Jul 2020

UK Launches Clinical Trial Platform to Speed up Covid-19 Drug Development

Researchers in the UK have set up a drug testing platform to bridge the gap between preclinical testing and large-scale trials for drugs being tested to treat Covid-19. The AGILE platform is a collaboration between the University of Liverpool, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and the Southampton Clinical Trials Unit that aims to speed […]

July 7, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

Reports 2 Jul 2020

Guidelines for Biotechs: Managing Risks in Biological Drug Development

Navigating the complexity of the industry can be highly challenging for early-stage biotechs focusing on biological drug development. Once they have a robust strategy in place and have chosen a suitable partner, biotechs face other hurdles in upstream process development, manufacturing, IND filing, and regulatory processes. Discover how to address challenges and manage risks throughout […]

July 2, 2020 - 2 minutesmins - By Larissa Warneck-Silvestrin

In Depth 15 Jun 2020

Drug Development in Covid-19 Times: Is Going Remote the Answer?

With the coronavirus pandemic forcing scientific research labs to close around the globe, it seems almost inevitable that the ongoing crisis will accelerate the growing demand for remote drug development. A number of European companies see this as an opportunity to introduce computer-aided biology and robot-driven labs. In recent years, the pharmaceutical industry has been […]

June 15, 2020 - 7 minutesmins - By David Cox

In Depth 1 Jun 2020

How Personal Genomics Companies Are Changing Drug Development

In recent years, companies offering direct-to-consumer genomics tests have started switching the business model and venturing into drug development. Amidst criticism on data protection and lack of transparency, personal genomics companies are leveraging their unique position to generate genomics data to strike lucrative deals with pharma companies. Thanks to cheaper data acquisition and convenient analysis, […]

June 1, 2020 - 6 minutesmins - By Timothé Cynober

Expert Advice 27 May 2020

Why Listening to Patient Organizations is Key in Drug Development

As the biotech industry flourishes and therapies become more targeted and personalized, the need for drug developers to interact with patients is increasing as well. While patient organizations took a backseat in the past, they are continuously gaining importance in drug development today. Nowadays, talking with patient organizations has become paramount for successful drug development, […]

May 27, 2020 - 11 minutesmins - By Larissa Warneck-Silvestrin

News and Trends 5 Mar 2020

Drug Development Costs Lower Than Pharma Companies Claim

A team of UK and Belgian scientists has reported that drug companies spend up to €1.3B less on drug development than previously suggested, which raises questions about high drug prices set by some biotech and pharma companies. The study, published in the journal JAMA, took publicly available data from pharma company financial reports with the […]

March 5, 2020 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 20 Jun 2019

Spider Silk Could Improve Organoids for Drug Development

The Stockholm-based organoids company BioLamina has teamed up with the recombinant spider silk Stockholm startup Spiber Technologies to develop organoids that are more accurate tissue models than those used currently. Organoids are gaining popularity as a drug testing tool due to their capacity for modeling human tissue in 3D, which is more representative than 2D […]

June 20, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

In Depth 14 May 2018

Could Stem Cells Replace Animal Testing in Drug Development?

Animal testing is a crucial part of developing new medicines, but it comes with ethical concerns. Stem cells could eventually make it unnecessary. Nowadays you can order a rat with Parkinson’s disease or a dog with diabetes as you would any product on the internet. But the ethical issues surrounding animal testing beg the question: […]

May 14, 2018 - 6 minutesmins - By Timothé Cynober

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