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Ensuring Ethics in AI-Driven Drug Safety

Senior Director of Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management at Curis Inc.
Ashish Jain is Senior Director of Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management at Curis Inc with over years of experience in drug safety He is also leading the Innovation Working Group at the North American Society of Pharmacovigilance NASoP his expertise in combining technological innovation with patient safety makes him uniquely qualified to address the ethical challenges of AI implementation in pharm...

Articles

Therapeutic Peptides

Therapeutic peptides are a promising frontier in precise medicine leveraging unique properties for targeted treatment Advancements in production modification and delivery have surmounted challenges Originating from human hormones and natural sources peptides hold potential for various conditions including cardiovascular diseases

Research Insights

Transfer Learning for Non-image Data in Clinical Research: A Scoping Review

Transfer learning is a form of machine learning where a pretrained model trained on a specific task is reused as a starting point and tailored to another task in a different dataset While transfer learning has garnered considerable attention in medical image analysis its use for clinical nonimage data is not well studied Therefore the objective of this scoping review

Case Studies

Solid Form Changes During Drug Development: Good, Bad, And Ugly Case Studies

The relevance of solid form in drug development has been well established over time In order to fully understand drug properties attention has been paid to solid state structure of drug molecules and their relationship to the drug formulation While each drug developer has had their own strategies and workflows for screening and choosing solid forms of drug molecules t...

Techno Trends

University of Liverpool Researchers Discover New Technique in Cell Signaling

The researchers at the University of Liverpool have made a new discovery in the field of cell signaling Generally the signaling in cell regulates cell growth and repair in humans However abnormal cell signaling can lead to many diseases including cancer and neurodegeneration

White Papers

Cloud Computing in the Laboratory Informatics Solutions and Validation Approaches

In the modern business environment, a significant portion of work is conducted using computerized systems. Many solutions are used to complete tasks, including simple desktop programs like email and Microsoft Office to enterprise-wide, global systems like ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), MES (Manufacturing Execution System), and LIMS

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The Growing Role of Biocatalysis in Industrial Synthesis

Dr Reuben Carr

Dr Reuben Carr has over 25 years of experience in developing proprietary biocatalytic processes for fine chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing. He specialises in using directed evolution to engineer natural enzymes to carry out novel chemical reactions, enabling the synthesis of challenging molecular targets for clients and customers.

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Why Tackling Antibiotic Tolerance Is Crucial to Combating AMR and Saving Our Existing Antibiotics

Saransh Chaudhary

Entrusted with the mandate of augmenting and monetising the company’s intellectual property wealth and driving key tactical initiatives, Saransh Chaudhary joined Venus Remedies in 2016 as Strategic Board Advisor after completing his undergraduate degree in Accounting & Finance from Cass Business School, London. Two years later, he assumed charge as President of the company’s Global Critical Care division and CEO of Venus Medicine Research Centre (VMRC), its R&D wing. In these roles, he translates priorities into actionable strategies.

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Nano-Carrier based Smart Drug Delivery Systems

Sidharth Mehta

Sidharth Mehta, Researcher in Market Research domain at Prescient Healthcare Group, India. He is a Master’s in Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics) by qualification did his postgraduation from GJUS&T, Hisar, India. His research interests are mainly in the field of nanotechnology. In 2021, he spent a period at University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh (India) with an UGC-NRC project on “Development and Evaluation of Solid Lipid Nanoparticles as Drug Carrier for Topical Delivery of Leflunomide”. He has published several papers in international peer reviewed journals. He had done in-plant training in two pharmaceutical companies and improved his research skill as per industry standards. He worked hard on both his academic and practical skills, as a result of that he qualified national level pharmacy graduate test (GPAT) thrice and NIPER with good rank.

 

Nikita Yadav

Nikita Yadav, she believes that you can achieve anything at any age. She is a Master’s in Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics) by qualification did her postgraduation from GJUS&T, Hisar, India. Her research interests are mainly in the field of nano- and micro-technology with the use of essentials and natural ingredients.  She had many recent experiences like a course in Elsevier[Certified peer reviewer Course], in Good Clinical Practice by NIDA Clinical trials networkandin Regulatory affairs by Udemy.Also, she joined an NGO i.e., Aashman Foundation, which mainly work unconditionally on women empowerment, single income families and underprivileged children through relevant healthcare, innovative education, and environmental based livelihood programs. She also qualified national level pharmacy graduate test (GPAT) in 2020.

 

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The Therapeutics Landscape of Miniproteins

Victor H Bustos

Victor H. Bustos, Ph.D., is the Vice President of Preclinical R&D at Ordaos Bio. A specialist in protein engineering with a doctorate in Biomedicine, he leads the design of AI-generated mini-proteins. Previously, he spent 17 years at Rockefeller University focusing on complex cellular mechanisms and therapeutic target validation.

Alena Romanova

Alena Romanova is a Scientist I at Ordaos Bio, where she develops experimental workflows for protein characterisation and biologics discovery, including the application of cell-free protein expression and biochemical assays.

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Architecting the Modern MICC for Life Sciences GCCs

Tansshuman Das

Tanshuman Das is a life sciences technology and commercial leader with 17+ years of experience across pharmacovigilance, AI, CRO services and drug safety technology. He leads Sales & Marketing at Synapmed and focuses on translating AI and intelligent automation into practical, scalable solutions for life sciences organisations.

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Pfizer and Blackstone Life Sciences Announce Strategic Funding Agreement for Obesity Program

Pfizer Inc NYSE PFE and Blackstone Life Sciences Blackstone today announced a strategic cofunding agreement under which funds managed by Blackstone will pay up to a total of billion of development

Circio and Solid Biosciences enter collaboration to evaluate circVec and POLARIS-101 technology for Genetic Heart Disease

Circio Holding ASA OSE CRNA a biotechnology company developing novel circular RNA expression technology for gene and cell therapy today announces a research collaboration with Solid Biosciences Inc

EirGenix and Merck enter Partnership to Strengthen Global Biologics Development Through Integrated BioReliance® Testing and Regulatory Support

EirGenix Inc and Merck have signed a nonlegally binding memorandum of understanding MOU to support EirGenixs IND and BLA enabling biologics pipeline development The MOU outlines Merck as one of EirGenixs preferred contract testing services vendors providing comprehensive BioReliance services

ProBio Enters Exclusive Global Licensing Agreement with AbTis to Develop Next-Generation ADC Asset

ProBio a global contract research development and manufacturing organization CRDMO today announced that it has entered into an exclusive global licensing agreement with AbTis Co Ltd

AGC Biologics partners with Child’s Cure Genetic Research to pursue mRNA-based therapeutic for severe epileptic disorder

In a world where patients with CDKL deficiencies can suffer to epileptic seizures a day a contract biopharmaceutical manufacturer and a parentfounded foundation will partner on earlystage

Rakovina Therapeutics Secures Exclusive Worldwide Licence to Artemis.AI™ Platform for DNA-Damage Response Oncology Drug Discovery

Rakovina Therapeutics Inc TSXV RKV FSE JO OTCMKTS RKVTF a biopharmaceutical company advancing innovative cancer therapies through AIpowered drug discovery today announced

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Natera Enters into Collaboration with Incyte for Phase II Trial in Colorectal Cancer

Natera a precision medicine company has entered into a clinical collaboration with Incyte to support a new Phase II study evaluating an investigational treatment for colorectal cancer CRC

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