Drug delivery

Around 85% of Pfizer’s small molecule products pass through Sandwich, Kent, on their journey to market. The work of the Kent site’s team helps millions of patients globally. Brian Henry, Vice President, Drug Product Design, Medicinal Sciences provides Megan Thomas, Drug Discovery World with insight into the scientific learnings of Pfizer’s investment in scaling up […]

Last month, the AI-driven pharma-tech company, Exscientia announced that the world’s first Alzheimer’s disease (AD) drug candidate designed by artificial intelligence (AI) was entering Phase I clinical trials. This is the result of a collaboration with DSP, a Japanese pharmaceutical company. The drug candidate is being assessed for antipsychotic effects associated with AD psychosis, as […]

Shaping the UK into an epicentre for complex medicines is a report by the Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) in partnership with the CPI, which showcases the potential for the UK in developing complex medicines. The report details the potential medical and economic impact of this field, and how the UK is poised to take further […]

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 across sites at Cambridge, MA […]

Aurelia Bioscience, a Nottingham, UK based pre-clinical Contract Research Organisation (CRO) has produced a new video to explain the functioning of WES and JESS – two highly reproducible, capillary based, automated western blot instruments from ProteinSimple: Whilst traditional western blotting typically runs 10-20 samples in three to five hours and requires 24-48 hours to produce […]

Chinese biopharma companies are eyeing strategic collaborations with Western counterparts to leverage their networks and commercial capabilities to promote indigenously developed drugs in China, says GlobalData, a data and analytics company. China-based Luye Pharma Group’s holding subsidiary Boan Biotech signed an agreement with AstraZeneca China in May 2021 regarding the promotion rights to the anticancer […]

Agilent Technologies has launched three InfinityLab Bio LC systems specifically developed to meet the needs of the biopharma industry. The release has been described by Agilent as central to its portfolio of complete Bio LC solutions, featuring instruments, columns, and supplies that integrate with Agilent OpenLab and MassHunter software, and CrossLab services to maximise efficiency […]

Aurelia Bioscience has announced that after ten years as a standalone biology contract research organisation, the company has been acquired by its collaborator Charnwood Molecular. Co-located in BioCity Nottingham, Aurelia Bioscience and Charnwood Molecular have previously jointly delivered research projects. This acquisition is said to allow both companies to formally combine biology and chemistry expertise […]

MOBILion is advancing separation science with the commercialisation of High-Resolution Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry (HRIM-MS) based on Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulation (SLIM). This product addresses characterisation challenges faced during biopharmaceutical drug development and quality monitoring. MOBIE provides resolution and reproducibility, faster, simpler method development, and greater instrument uptime. This new technology will help accelerate […]

Corticosteroids may be an effective treatment for children who develop a rare but serious condition after Covid-19 infection. This is the finding of an international study of 614 children, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, led by Imperial College London. All children in the study developed a serious disorder following Covid-19 infection. This […]