Author Archives: Megan Thomas

#Drug delivery #Drug development #Immunology / Virology & Vaccines #mRNA #Vaccines

Sanofi launches dedicated mRNA vaccines centre

Sanofi will invest approximately €400 million annually in a vaccines mRNA Centre of Excellence. The centre will work to accelerate the development and delivery of next-generation vaccines by bringing together approximately 400 dedicated employees integrating end-to-end mRNA vaccine capabilities with dedicated R&D, digital, and chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) teams… Read More

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#Cancer research #Drug development #Drug discovery #Drug innovation #Oncology #Research #Therapeutics

Sitting down with… Mari Scheiffele, Novartis

Mari Scheiffele is the General Manager for Oncology in the UK & Ireland at Novartis, responsible for launching innovative oncology therapies that can help to change the lives of people living with different types of cancer. She speaks to Lu Rahman about her passion for working with her teams to… Read More

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#Biomanufacturing #Life sciences #Recruitment

Recruitment: Director of The Stack Family CBET

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences has an opening for the Director of The Stack Family Centre for Biopharmaceutical Education and Training (CBET). CBET is an evolutionary leap in health sciences education and biomanufacturing workforce training. The CBET Director will be responsible for the development and creation of sustainable… Read More

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#Events #Informatics #Pharma #Report

US pharma market – 2022 and beyond

Ahead of the return of CPhI North America, Informa Markets has commissioned an in-depth report into the US pharma market focusing on how the pandemic has affected public discourse and political priorities, and how it could alter the pharmaceutical supply paradigm in the medium term. Analysis from six leading US… Read More

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#Biopharmaceuticals #Drug discovery #Drug targets

Handbook for the modern antibody development process

The process of antibody discovery and development into a clinical candidate is one full of twists, turns and offshoots, yet one that an increasing number of researchers and companies, both small and large, have successfully navigated. This eBook released by Twist Biopharma is designed to be used as a… Read More

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#Biopharmaceuticals #Informatics

Antibody Discovery: From Target to Molecule

You’re about to embark on a journey of discovery. And like all journeys that are worthwhile, it’s far from linear. The process of antibody discovery and development into a clinical candidate is one full of twists, turns, roundabouts, and offshoots, yet one that an increasing number of researchers and companies,… Read More

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#CRISPR screening #Drug discovery #Drug screening #Drug targets #Webinar

Webinar: how to achieve rapid translation of targets towards the clinic

Over recent years, interest in identifying new targets to modify an immune response to control a host of human diseases has sky-rocketed. Based in part on the success of several new immune cell targeted treatments for cancer, combined with the CRISPR-Cas revolution and the ability to culture primary immune cells… Read More

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#Clinical trial #Diabetes

New clinical potential for treating diabetes

Scohia has presented the results of a Phase I clinical trial for SCO-267, an orally bioavailable GPR40 full agonist, at the Virtual Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association. Free fatty acid receptor 1 (GPR40) is a G protein-coupled receptor expressed in pancreatic islet and enteroendocrine cells, and SCO-267 is… Read More

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#Biopharmaceutical #Pharmaceuticals

UK’s ABPI releases ‘substantial overhaul’ to Code of Practice

The President of the UK’s Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has announced that its 2021 Code of Practice puts new emphasis on the ABPI’s principles. “We want everyone in pharmaceutical companies to live and breathe these from leadership teams and commercial leads to admin assistants and research scientists. Read More

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#Biopharmaceutical #Molecular Biology #Whitepaper

What makes a great BioELN?

In this latest DDW whitepaper, brought to you by PerkinElmer Informatics, John Conway, is Chief Visioneer Officer at 20/15 Visioneers, tackles defining “What Makes a Great BioELN” in this thoughtful and informative industry perspective. The whitepaper covers the six high-level workflows a great BioELN must include; what the team personas… Read More

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#AI #Drug development #Drug discovery #Novel candidates #Therapeutics

Strategic collaboration could open the door to new world-class medicines

EQRx and Exscientia are collaborating to combine the AI capabilities of Exscientia to accelerate the discovery of small molecule therapeutic drug candidates and expand EQRx’s pipeline of novel therapies. This collaboration is focused on creating improvements in the traditional drug discovery and development processes by improving the probability of success… Read More

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#CAR-T #Cell and gene therapy

Takara Bio agreement with BioNTech Cell & Gene Therapies

Takara Bio has entered into a License and Supply Agreement with BioNTech Cell & Gene Therapies. Takara Bio will grant BioNTech a commercial license to use applicable patents relating to RetroNectin, and will provide BioNTech with supplies of RetroNectin. The patented technologies licensed to BioNTech are based on Takara Bio’s… Read More

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#Life sciences #Synthetic chemistry

New educational video on synthetic chemistry

Sinocompound Catalysts has launched a video series sharing catalyst expertise. “The essentials in a synthetic chemist’s toolbox”, is the swork of Technical Advisor, Dr Carin Seechurn. The first episode is now live and focuses on palladium catalysed cross-coupling reactions. Over the last 20-30 years, hundreds of ligands have been reported… Read More

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#Cancer research #Cell / tissue culture #Immunology #Oncology

Internal communication find that may regulate tissue repair

National Institutes of Health scientists and their collaborators have identified an internal communication network in mammals that may regulate tissue repair and inflammation, providing new insights on how diseases such as obesity and inflammatory skin disorders develop. The new research is published in Cell. The billions of organisms living on… Read More

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#HIV #Immunology #Infectious diseases #Oncology #Pharmaceuticals

New GSK to deliver step-change in growth and performance

GlaxoSmithKline has announced New GSK, which will deliver step-change in growth and performance over next ten years, driven by a high-quality Vaccines and Specialty Medicines portfolio and late-stage pipeline. New GSK will keep a 20% stake in the consumer healthcare business. The Independent confirmed: “The unit will be listed on… Read More

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