Biopharma

This is the latest episode of the free DDW podcast. It covers two articles written for Volume 23, Issue 1 – Winter 2021/22 of DDW. They are called “Why synthetic biology is the next big thing for biopharma” and “Collaborative spirit helps drive innovation”. ‘Can synthetic biology save us?’ and ‘Synthetic biology can benefit us […]

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong takes a look at the pharmaceutical research and development market in 2023 and asks key opinion leaders what challenges and trends will emerge throughout the year.   The Market After over two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2022 year was somewhat of a return to normal for both the world at […]

Kevin Hemphill, R&D Manager at PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery explores how base editing has emerged as an attractive gene editing option for researchers wanting to develop stem cell-based therapies.   Increasing interest in CRISPR-Cas gene editing systems over recent years has delivered innovative developments in precision genome engineering technologies, holding enormous potential for applications across the healthcare […]

Listen to this article on the DDW Podcast: ‘Can synthetic biology save us?’ and ‘synthetic biology can benefit us all’, are just some of the headlines this emerging scientific field has recently elicited. Lu Rahman speaks to Dr Emily Leproust, Founder and CEO of Twist Biopharma, about the potential that synthetic biology holds within the drug discovery sector.  “Most […]

Professor Michael Butler, head of the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) Cell Technology Group (CTG), explains that the characterisation and analysis of glycans is important for the biopharma sector as it can help in the development of therapeutic agents such as monoclonal antibodies and other recombinant proteins. These are used in therapies […]

Following a decade of solid groundwork to modernise regulatory information management in life sciences, leading companies have now shifted their focus to how they might exploit this new digital landscape – to transform process management; improve data exchange with the enterprise at large; revisit organisational structures and roles, and enable greater patient access to information. […]

This 24-page DDW eBook, sponsored by Emulate Bio, contains exclusive insight from industry experts on: How microfluidics is fuelling innovation in drug discovery A detailed look at the organ-on-a-chip sector How human tissue chips are helping advance our understanding of biology This guide is free of charge and you can access here

Where globally is innovation occurring and what factors – industry, regulatory, and academia – are helping developers get their products to market? Here, DDW Editor Reece Armstrong explores the global hubs of innovation for cell and gene therapies. Since the approval of Kymirah in 2017, the cell and gene therapy sector has emerged as an […]

Current methods to generate cells from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) lack reproducibility and scalability. This raises challenges for disease research, drug discovery and cell therapy development due to unreliable data and long experimental timelines. However, there is a new technology on the block, enabling reproducible, consistent and scalable production of physiologically relevant human cell […]

Biopharmaceutical company TikoMed has announced two new appointments to its Board of Directors as the company focuses on its ILB drug programme. TikoMed has appointed Tara Heitner and Pete Zorn to its Board of Directors. Tara Heitner has more than 15 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and has been involved in the development […]