Author Archives: Megan Thomas

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DDW Highlights: 11 September 2023

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.  This week we have seen the vital importance of collaboration to the… Read More

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#Cell and protein analysis #Drug development #Drug discovery #Mass spectrometry / NMR #Regulatory

Podcast: Mass spectrometry advancing drug discovery

This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, “How is mass spectrometry advancing drug discovery?”, which covers two articles written for Volume 23, Issue 3 – Summer 2022 of DDW. They are called “Native mass spectrometry: Drug discovery’s new kid on the… Read More

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How is mass spectrometry advancing drug discovery?

This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, “How is mass spectrometry advancing drug discovery?”, which covers two articles written for Volume 23, Issue 3 – Summer 2022 of DDW. They are called “Native mass spectrometry: Drug discovery’s new kid on the… Read More

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Business financing
#Apollo Therapeutics #Drug discovery #Funding

Apollo Therapeutics closes $226.5 million Series C financing 

Apollo Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on translating fundamental medical research into medicines through a hub-and-spoke approach, has closed $226.5 million in a Series C financing, led by lead investor Patient Square Capital.  Financing significantly adds to the $195 million previously raised by the company, and to Apollo’s pipeline of… Read More

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Diversity equity inclusion
#Collaboration #Diversity

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Data Service for clinical development 

Phesi, a global provider of patient-centric data software and services, has partnered with Krystelis, a provider of medical writing and clinical trial transparency services, to launch its new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Data Service.   A 2022 Phesi data analysis discovered 42% of US cancer trial cohorts… Read More

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#ENA Respiratory #Funding #Research and development

Government funding for Phase II respiratory infection programme 

Australian clinical-stage pharmaceutical company ENA Respiratory has been awarded an additional $3.8 million contract from the US Department of Defense (DOD) to support ongoing research and development of INNA-051, a first-in-class, intranasal, innate immune modulator for the prevention of complications associated with respiratory viral infections in at-risk populations.   The new… Read More

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ulcerative colitis
#AI #BenevolentAI #Drug discovery #Ulcerative colitis (UC)

First patients dosed with an AI-derived target for ulcerative colitis 

BenevolentAI has dosed the first patients in Phase I first-in-human studies of its oral phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10) inhibitor, BEN-8744, intended for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC). The topline data readout from this study is expected in the first quarter of 2024.  UC is a chronic disease… Read More

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#Artificial intelligence (AI) #Breast cancer #Head and neck cancer #Immunotherapy #Long Covid #Monoclonal antibodies #Oncology #Parkinson's #Stem cells

New DDW Highlights podcast out now

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.  This week’s headline news features a stem-cell derived Parkinson’s therapy, a monoclonal antibody for… Read More

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DDW Highlights: 4 September 2023

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.  This week’s headline news features a stem-cell derived Parkinson’s therapy, a monoclonal antibody for… Read More

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#Drug discovery #Plant-based #Therapeutics

Where is the promise for plant-based medicines? Part 3 

In the third and final part of this series of articles focused on plant-based medicines, DDW’s Megan Thomas evaluates therapeutic breakthroughs using plant-based products in drug discovery. The first part of the series explored medical cannabis, and the second looked into psylocibin.   Green tea   Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), also known as… Read More

#Exclusive Content #Opinion #Regulatory

Gut microbiome
#Gut microbiome #Human pathogens

Microbiome may not always be protective against pathogens

Over the past decade, the gut microbiome has gained significant interest by scientists and non-scientists alike. Recent research has shown that the bacteria and other microbes in our gut play a supporting role in immunity, metabolism, digestion, and the fight against “bad bacteria” that try to invade our bodies. Read More

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Exome cross-section
#Evox Therapeutics #Exosomes #Therapeutic proteins

Advances continue for Evox’ exosome engineering platform 

Evox Therapeutics, an exosome therapeutics company, has published Evox-funded research identifying novel exosome scaffold proteins that significantly improve drug loading into exosomes for therapeutic purposes in Nature Communications. This follows a research collaboration and option agreement with the Icahn School of… Read More

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Cancer cells
#AACR 2023 #Cancer research #DDW Events podcast #Kintara Therapeutics #Meet the Researcher #Therapeutics

New vodcast: Dennis Brown, Kintara Therapeutics, at AACR 2023

At the American Association of Cancer Research’s Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, DDW’s Megan Thomas met with industry experts to learn more about their research and careers in the field of cancer research. In this vodcast episode, Thomas speaks with Dennis Brown, Chief Scientific Officer at Kintara Therapeutics. You… Read More

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Cancer cells
#AACR 2023 #Cancer research #DDW Events podcast #Kintara Therapeutics #Meet the Researcher #Therapeutics

Vodcast: Dennis Brown, Kintara Therapeutics, at AACR 2023

At the American Association of Cancer Research’s Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, DDW’s Megan Thomas met with industry experts to learn more about their research and careers in the field of cancer research. In this vodcast episode, Thomas speaks with Dennis Brown, Chief Scientific Officer at Kintara Therapeutics. You… Read More

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AI and drug discovery
#Etcembly #Generative AI #Immunotherapy #T cell receptor (TCR) #Therapeutics

Etcembly announces immunotherapy drug designed by AI 

British techbio Etcembly is coming out of stealth mode, kickstarting the next generation of immunotherapies with a pipeline of T cell receptor (TCR) therapeutics designed using generative AI.  The company’s lead therapeutic programme, ETC-101, is the world’s first AI-designed bispecific T cell engager. It targets PRAME, a validated antigen present… Read More

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#Alzheimer's #Dementia #Neurodegenerative disorders #Neuroinflammation #Neuroscience

New DDW Highlights podcast out now

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 headline news this week reflects the high level of interest and investment in… Read More

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