Author Archives: Megan Thomas

#Alzheimer's #Cardiovascular disease #GLP-1 #Liver disease #Nicotine addiction #Obesity #Weight loss

New DDW Highlights podcast: 5 August 2024

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. GLP-1 receptor agonists have dominated the headlines this week, with data revealed on… Read More

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DDW Highlights: 5 August 2024

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. GLP-1 receptor agonists have dominated the headlines this week, with data revealed… Read More

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Heart
#AstraZeneca #Clinical trials #Drug development #Drug discovery #Heart failure

Early diagnosis and intervention in heart failure

Heart failure is a collection of different diseases, which can be hard to define and treat through routine clinical practice. Heart failure affects 64 million people globally and approximately half of patients with heart failure die within five years of diagnosis. Real-world data presented at the European Society of Cardiology’s… Read More

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Drug discovery innovation
#AAV #Cell and gene therapy #Drug development #Drug discovery #Gene therapy #Genetics / genomics #Immunology / Virology & Vaccines #Interview #Life sciences #Market reporting #Precision medicine #RNA #RNA sequencing #Scandinavia #Sweden #Transcriptomics

Podcast: Innovation drivers and opportunities for drug discovery

This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, titled “Innovation drivers and opportunities for drug discovery”, which covers three articles written Volume 24 – Issue 1, Winter 2022/2023 of DDW. They are called: Optimising AAV capsid purification through improved analytics How… Read More

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Drug discovery innovation
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Innovation drivers and opportunities for drug discovery

This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, titled “Innovation drivers and opportunities for drug discovery”, which covers three articles written for Volume 24 – Issue 1, Winter 2022/2023 of DDW. They are called: Optimising AAV capsid purification through improved… Read More

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#Cancer research #Cancer therapeutics #Haematology #Oncology

New DDW Highlights vodcast: 31 July 2024

Every week, DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates in the DDW Highlights podcast. It is now also available in a concise vodcast format.   There have been some interesting… Read More

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Handshake jigsaw puzzle
#AI / data analytics / healthtech / informatics #Collaboration #Lab space #Lab technology #Partnership #Sapio Sciences #Zifo

Industry players partner to provide lab informatics  

Sapio Sciences and Zifo have announced a strategic partnership to bring best-in-class laboratory information management solutions to customers across the biotech, clinical diagnostics, and pharmaceutical industries.  Zifo will join the Sapio Sciences Partner Program as a services partner, focusing on delivering solutions that combine Zifo’s IT services… Read More

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#Genomics #RNA biology #RNA Therapeutics #Serna Bio #Small molecules #Transcriptomics

The untapped potential of the transcriptome  

Serna Bio was founded by Rabia Khan, who is also the CEO, to unlock the transcriptome as a drug discovery target. DDW’s Megan Thomas speaks to Khan about the work her team is doing to create the first map of the druggable transcriptome, which involves understanding RNA biology to discover… Read More

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#Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) #Dementia #epilepsy #Neurodegenerative disorders #Neurology #Neuroscience #Parkinson's

New DDW Highlights podcast: 29 July 2024

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. There have been some interesting developments in neuroscience this week. Perhaps most note-worthy,… Read More

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DDW Highlights: 29 July 2024

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. There have been some interesting developments in neuroscience this week. Perhaps most note-worthy,… Read More

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#Advanced Therapies #Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) #CAR-T #Cell and gene therapy #Cell therapy #Gene therapy #Guide #Market reporting

Podcast: The global innovation and the opportunity in CGTs

This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, titled “How to utilise clinical trials in drug discovery” which covers five articles written for Volume 24 – Issue 1, Winter 2022/2023 of DDW. They are called: The promise and growth of cell and gene therapies… Read More

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Where is the global innovation and the opportunity in CGTs?

This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, titled “How to utilise clinical trials in drug discovery” which covers five articles written for Volume 24 – Issue 1, Winter 2022/2023 of DDW. They are called: The promise and growth of cell and gene therapies… Read More

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#Cancer research #Cancer therapeutics #Haematology #Oncology

New DDW Highlights vodcast: 23 July 2024

Every week, DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates in the DDW Highlights podcast. It is now also available in a concise vodcast format.   The chosen news stories this… Read More

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#Cancer research #Cancer therapeutics #Haematology #Oncology

New DDW Highlights podcast: 22 July 2024

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. The chosen news stories this week all feature therapies that could have significant… Read More

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DDW Highlights: 22 July 2024

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. The chosen news stories this week all feature therapies that could have significant… Read More

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Cancer cell
#AACR #Antibody drug conjugate (ADC) #Cancer research #Drug development #Drug discovery #Zymeworks

Finding protein therapeutics for cancer treatment  

The American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting took place from 5-10 April 2024 in San Diego. DDW’s Megan Thomas spoke with Dr Paul Moore, Chief Scientific Officer at Zymeworks and Dr Nina Weisser, Director of Multispecific Antibody Therapeutics at Zymeworks, about the event as well as the… Read More

#Cancer Research #Exclusive Content