Patent Law

Highlights from GlobalData’s CRO Benchmark Report By Adam M. Dion The biopharmaceutical industry is currently facing significant headwinds. The blockbuster era is over, development costs are skyrocketing, uncertainty exists around regulatory and reimbursement, patent cliffs, generic erosion and a sluggish global economy all have industry executives losing sleep at night. To respond to these pressures, […]

Nanobioscience & Nanotechnology: The Future Of Personalised Medicine By Abhishek Gottipati, Joseph M. Sanders and Dr Scott A. Tenenbaum Nanotechnology has been more than a buzz word in the business world for a long time now and has been striding ahead, living up to the hype. There is a general ambiguity in defining ‘nanotechnology’ which […]

Innovate While Derisking Drug Development: Yes We Can! Taher Abbasi, Pradeep Fernandes, Dr Shireen Vali and Professor Gurkirpal Singh The outlook for the drug industry continues to remain bleak in context of productivity and success rates. In spite of ongoing increase in R&D expenses and technology revolutions in the genomics and proteomics area, nearly 95% […]

The Information Symphony: Data orchestration for a changing industry managing data on a platform for innovation. By Chris Molloy A leading ballet conductor (1) recently told me of courses which he runs for senior business leaders. He allows them to conduct an orchestra: first, very strictly, with close direction applied to each instrument; he then […]

Share Share Tweet Email Stem Cell Banks: Investing in the promise of cancer stem cell science Stem Cell Banks: Investing in the promise of cancer stem cell science By Madeline Page and Rosario Isasi The national and international demand for stem cell lines of varying origins (eg human embryonic, induced pluripotent, somatic) and grades (eg […]

Share Share Tweet Email What Are The Obstacles to Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry? What Are The Obstacles to Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry? The Pistoia Alliance Innovation is a key word throughout the pharmaceutical industry and the healthcare community and its pursuit is a business imperative for Pharma. Pharma urgently needs to produce innovative […]

By Michael Werner, Morrie Ruffin and Elizabeth West The regenerative medicine market offers phenomenal opportunities for growth in the next few decades. However, there are still major issues to be addressed to enable this nascent industry to truly flourish, especially with regard to investment and the attitudes of regulatory agencies and reimbursement bodies in an […]

Singapore Strengthens Position as Leading Site for Biopharmaceutical R&D By Kian-Teik Beh Globally, pharmaceutical and biotech companies are confronted by an impending patent cliff, while being challenged with declining research and development (R&D) productivity and the need to integrate multidisciplinary scientific capabilities.       Against this backdrop, Asia presents a window of opportunity with […]

Overcoming the Limitations of Chemical Structure By Dr Andy Vinter, Dr Steve Gardner and Dr Sally Rose The pharmaceutical business has been profoundly hampered by a ubiquitous and unexpected obstacles; the way it draws its chemical compounds. Scientists, patent agents and business decision makers from R&D, safety, and in-licensing are locked into a world of […]

Building a Robust Portfolio of New Medicines to Combat Malaria By Dr Timothy N.C. Wells Malaria is one of the biggest killers of our time. Current estimates from the World Health Organisation (WHO) suggest that more than 250 million people are at risk worldwide. More significantly, almost a million people die each year, of whom […]