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Exploring New Molecular Targets for Anti-cancer Therapy

Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Amil Shah is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia His practice focusses on gastrointestinal and lung cancers Among his administrativeacademic roles he chaired the Gastrointestinal Tumour Group at BC Cancer and served as Associate Dean of the VancouverFraser Medical Program at UBC His research interest is the molecular pathogenesis of cancer

Articles

There’s Finally Hope to Alleviate the Burden of Chronic Diseases

As societies in Asia grow older chronic diseases are becoming more and more prevalent They place serious strain not only on patients but also on caregivers and the healthcare system

Research Insights

Paradoxical Hypersusceptibility of Drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis to β-lactam Antibiotics

Abstract Mycobacterium tuberculosis M tuberculosis is considered innately resistant to lactam antibiotics However there is evidence that susceptibility to lactam antibiotics in combination with lactamase inhibitors is variable among clinical isolates and these may present therapeutic options for drugresistant cases Here we report o

Case Studies

Effect Of Process And Formulation Variables On The Preparation Of Parenteral Paclitaxel-loaded Biodegradable Polymeric Nanoparticles: A Co-surfactant Study

Abstract Recent years have seen significant effort devoted to formulate therapeutic agents in biocompatible nanocomposites such as nanoparticles nanocapsules micellar systems and conjugates as drug delivery systems Application of nanotechnology for diagnosis monitoring disease therapy and control of biological systems was referred to as nanomedicin

Techno Trends

Novel Elecsys Growth Differentiation Factor-15 (GDF-15) Assay Discovered for Cancer Treatment

Elecsys GDF assay discovered as a Companion Diagnostic CDx for the treatment of cancer It helps in finding patients suitable for innovative treatment addressing unintentional weight loss in cancer patients Elecsys GDF a quantitative serologic which uses the format of sandwich test

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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Lipid Based Drug Delivery Systems

Venu Madhav Katla

Venu Madhav Katla working as Professor in Department of Pharmaceutics and having over 15 years of teaching and research experience. He had more than 15 research and review publications. He is having 10 national as well as international presentations in his credit. He guided around 25 M.Pharm and one Ph.D student (Pursuing).

 

Sridhar Babu Gummadi

Sridhar Babu Gummadi working as Professor and having over 18 years of teaching and research experience. He is having more than 20 research and review publications. Had 10 national as well as international presentations in his credit. He had one patent and one book as publication. He guided around 35 M.Pharm and 4 Ph.D students (Pursuing).

 

Somnath De

Somnath De working as Professor and have over 15 years of teaching and research experience. He had more than 20 research and review publications. He is having 10 national as well as international presentations in his credit. He filed one patent. He guided around 24 MPharm and 4 Ph.D students (Pursuing).

 

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Nanovaccines

Priya Gupta

Dr. Priya Gupta is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Noida and earned her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from Jamia Hamdard in 2024. Her area of research includes formulation development, novel drug delivery systems, nanoformulations. She has authored more than 15 articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals.

Disha Marwaha

Dr. Disha Marwaha earned a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI) in 2024 and currently serves as an Assistant Professor at Chandigarh University Uttar Pradesh. Her research encompasses nanomedicine, pharmacokinetics, formulation development, and targeted drug delivery systems. She has authored more than 22 articles in peer-reviewed international journals.

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The New Pharmacovigilance Era

Aarti Chitale

With over 15 years of experience, Aarti brings deep expertise across pharmaceutical contract research services and technology‑enabled drug discovery and development. She leads the Contract Research Services program, covering peripheral and ancillary service segments such as tech vendors, eClinical solution providers, central labs, and related ecosystems. Her strengths span market intelligence, forecasting, competitive benchmarking, and strategic opportunity assessment as well as growth advisory services, that consistently support executive decision‑making for global clients. She is  regarded as a trusted growth expert, and is adept in supporting stakeholders navigate industry disruption, accelerate innovation, and seize transformative opportunities across the rapidly evolving Contract Services Landscape.

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Redefining Therapeutics

Mads Hald Andersen

Professor Mads Hald Andersen, DMSc, DScTech, PhD, is Director of the National Center for Cancer Immune Therapy, CCIT-DK, at Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Denmark. He discovered tumor microenvironment antigens and anti-regulatory T cells and defined their role in immune regulation. He initiated the immune modulatory vaccine concept and has authored more than 250 publications and 25 patents.

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Waters Launches AI Link, Advancing AI-Enabled LC-MS Workflows from Research to Release

Waters Corporation announced that it has launched Waters AI Link a software capability that brings Anthropics Model Context Protocol MCP to its informatics platform and has joined Anthropics Model Hardware Standard MHS research program

Takeda’s ORZEYFUL (oveporexton) Launches Simultaneously in Japan and China Giving Physicians First Access to Prescribe Novel Orexin Agonist to Patients with Narcolepsy Type 1

Takeda announced that ORZEYFUL oveporexton is now available in Japan and China for the treatment of narcolepsy type NT providing first access to clinicians to prescribe treatment with the new class of medicine ORZEYFUL is a firstinclass orexin receptor OXR agonist in tablet form designed to treat...

Merck Inaugurates State-of-the-Art ADVANCE Bioanalytical Facility on West Point, Pennsylvania, Campus

Merck known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada today inaugurated its stateoftheart ADVANCE research facility on its West Point Pennsylvania campus signaling a new chapter in global scientific discovery Pennsylvania Gov Josh Shapiro joined Merck executive leadership federal and state gove...

Alvotech and Advanz Pharma announce first known regulatory submission worldwide for proposed biosimilar to Eylea® 8 mg

Alvotech a global biotechnology company specializing in the development and manufacture of biosimilar medicines for patients worldwide and Advanz Pharma Holdco Limited a global pharmaceutical company with a strategic focus on specialty hospital and rare disease medicines today announced the submissi...

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Announces Commercial Launch of IMCIVREE® (setmelanotide) in Japan for Patients with Acquired Hypothalamic Obesity

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc a global commercialstage biopharmaceutical company focused on transforming the lives of patients living with rare neuroendocrine diseases today announced the commercial launch of IMCIVREE setmelanotide in Japan to treat patients living with acquired hypothalamic obesity HO...

Scinai Expands CDMO Business with $5.1 Million Development and Clinical Manufacturing Agreement

Scinai Immunotherapeutics Ltd a biopharmaceutical company operating a growing contract development and manufacturing organization CDMO alongside an immunologyfocused therapeutic development platform today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Scinai Biopharma Services Ltd has entered into a def...

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Nxera Pharma Partners with Synmosa to Commercialise QUVIVIQ

Nxera Pharma has entered into an exclusive licensing supply and commercialisation agreement with Synmosa Biopharma to expand access to QUVIVIQ daridorexant a medicine used to treat insomnia across eight AsiaPacific markets QUVIVIQ was discovered and developed by Idorsia Pharmaceuticals

Vir Biotechnology Enters into Collaboration with Gilead Sciences to Develop T-cell Engagers for Solid Tumours

Vir Biotechnology has entered into a collaboration and licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences to discover and develop three novel Tcell engager TCE candidates for the treatment of solid tumours Tcell engagers are designed to direct T cells a type of immune cell towards cancer cells and help destro...

Zealand Pharma Enters into Collaboration with Generate Biomedicines on AI-Designed Protein Therapies for Metabolic Diseases

Zealand Pharma and Generate Biomedicines have entered into a multitarget collaboration and licensing agreement to develop proteinbased treatments for obesity and other metabolic diseases using artificial intelligence AI The collaboration will combine Zealand Pharmas expertise in metabolic diseases w...

Enodia Therapeutics Enters into Collaboration with Pfizer to Develop Small-Molecule Sec61 Inhibitors

Enodia Therapeutics has entered into a research collaboration and licensing agreement with Pfizer to discover and develop smallmolecule inhibitors targeting Sec a protein complex involved in the movement of newly formed proteins across cell membranes

InnoCare Announces Approval of Clinical Trial of Bispecific Antibody ICP-B161 Targeting TL1A and IL-23p19 in China

InnoCare Pharma a leading biopharmaceutical company focusing on the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases announced today that the Center for Drug Evaluation CDE of Chinas National Medical Products Administration NMPA has approved its Investigational New Drug IND application for ICPB a bispeci...

Mint Pharmaceuticals and Bayer Expand Medicine Distribution in Canada

Mint Pharmaceuticals and Bayer have expanded their distribution partnership in Canada to include several additional medicines across womens health cardiovascular care and anticoagulation