Research & Development
Stem Cell and Gene Delivery
An update
This years the interest in stem cell and genebased therapy showed from industries and spinout companies have been exceptional which reflects the growing confidence in the field grounded on frequently reports of the therapeutic efficacy and the licensing of stem cell and genebased therapies Yet stem cellbased therapy remains in its early stages akin...
Reaching a New Innovation Threshold
How can we make it happen?
The difficulty of getting reimbursement in the US for novel therapeutics especially ones based on innovative new technology platforms renders such products less available in AsiaPacific as well Fully half of new active substances NASs approved globally each year ownership of the extant RD pipeline worldwide and the endmarket for all medicines are i...
Merging Technology Transfer with Knowledge Translation
Academic to industrial research
The government and research academics are increasingly aware of the relevance of their result to the industrial sector The term knowledge translation was coined to represent proactive strategies to communicate research findings to those in a position to put the findings into practice As it happens in most cases the first consideration is given to m...
Creating The Perfect Capsule
Choosing the right shell excipient for your formulation challenges
As the pharmaceutical market expands and new technologies and actives are adopted selecting the right excipient is essential to achieve optimum performance and functionality in pharmaceutical formulations and in particular in capsules todays consumer preferred dosage form The global markets for empty hard and soft capsules are expected to grow sign...
Knowing vs Hunting for Targets
It is common knowledge that drug discovery is a tough business to be in and requires constant questioning as well as refining of ongoing strategies In this game the early days were rewarding for those employing the classical approaches that rely upon identifying the target and building a programme around these wellestablished targets to produce nov...
Single-Use Method Using Filter Aid Easy Removal of Midstream Cells
The removal of cells and cell debris takes place between fermentation upstream and product purification downstream and is referred to as midstream The midstream process very often involves a combination of several operation units A highly efficient method for this is alluvial filtration cake filtration and can be done with FILTRODISC BIO SD Cont...
Emerging Directions in R&D of Drug Discovery and Development
The patient specificity paradigm
Using stem cells as platforms for drug discovery not only allows us to recreate the microenvironment usually found inside the body but it also allows us to decipher the molecular intricacies that play an important role in the success of precision medicine and ways to further improve it Traditional drug discovery practice includes the early phase...
Mass Spectrometry in Research and Development of Protein Biologics
The protein drugs constitute almost everything of the biopharma today This include signalling proteins eg insulin erythropoietin monoclonal antibodies eg Bevacizumab Rituximab that are used as drugs peptide drugs eg Liraglutide Icatibant antibodydrug conjugates eg Trastuzumab emtansine modern recombinant protein vaccines eg Tetanus toxoid etc The p...
Changing the Game in Drug Development
Modelling & Simulation
As Sir Winston Churchill one famously stated Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it That statement certainly holds true for the drug development industry Researchers who cannot learn from a new drug candidates complete historyboth good and badwill not make the best most informed decisions about its future Knowledg
Reviving Pharma R&D Productivity with New Modalities
Over the past decade a plethora of comments have highlighted a decline in Pharma RD productivity Several causes have been claimed including tighter regulation leading to even higher attrition as well as increasing costs Another explanation has been that the biological targets against which drugs are designed have become more challenging In other wo...
