Category: Research and Development

February 3, 2023

Aardex Group – a company focused on remote research and healthcare adherence – and Cambridge Cognition have firmed a partnership up to provide monitoring during hybrid and decentralised clinical trials (DCTs). The link-up will involve the incorporation of Aardex’s MEMS […]

February 3, 2023

A new way to significantly increase the potency of almost any vaccine has been developed by researchers from the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern University. The scientists used chemistry and nanotechnology to change the structural location of adjuvants […]

February 1, 2023

Biologics, especially protein drugs, are often produced in cultured cells. Those cultured cells, called host cells, synthesize the target proteins along with the proteins coded by the cell genome for the cells’ own survival, function, and reproduction. Purifying the target […]

January 31, 2023

Be The Match BioTherapies, a provider of solutions for developing and commercializing cell and gene therapies, in conjunction with the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), is offering expanded clinical research organization (CRO) services. These services are […]

January 26, 2023

Merck has said it will abandon the KEYNOTE-991 study of PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) after it showed no benefit on either overall survival (OS) or radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) when the data […]

January 24, 2023

Eli Lilly will invest $450 million in a North Carolina manufacturing plant to meet growing demand for its diabetes drugs Mounjaro and Trulicity, the company said Tuesday. The investment in the Research Triangle Park plant will expand filling, device assembly […]

January 24, 2023

A just-published report from the Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP) – set up by the UK government and biopharma industry in 2014 to drive growth in the category – says the sector has the potential to be a driver for […]

January 18, 2023

The DNA of these so-called ‘genetic superheroes’ may contain clues about how to treat severe disease. By studying their natural resilience and using it to design new therapies, it could help so many people. However, the Resilience Project’s scientists had […]

January 17, 2023

Unify, launched in December 2020, is AstraZeneca’s patient app and clinical trial support tool. Already, it is operating at scale across the company, used in more than 28 countries and available in 62 languages. Dissecting heterogeneity To begin discussions, pharmaphorum […]

January 12, 2023

The announcement marks the disappointing end of a marathon effort by Oramed to develop an oral insulin formulation for type 2 diabetes struggling to control blood sugar on standard therapies and as an alternative to injections. It exposes once again […]

January 9, 2023

Arrowhead’s drug, called fazirsiran, is designed to treat alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a genetic condition in which a mutant form of the namesake protein accumulates in liver cells, causing fibrosis and cirrhosis. Alpha-1 antitrypsin, or AAT, deficiency has become a target […]

January 9, 2023

Ginkgo Bioworks, which is building a platform for cell programming and biosecurity, has opened Bioworks7, the latest expansion of its biological engineering foundry. With this new space, Ginkgo increases its capacity and capabilities to serve its partners in the spaces […]

January 5, 2023

Bioethics International has developed a benchmarking tool for “fair inclusion” in clinical trials, drawing on pivotal trials submitted to the FDA in support of 59 new cancer therapeutics – submitted by 25 sponsors – that were approved by the regulator […]

January 4, 2023

The start of the trial triggers a $5m milestone payment from AZ, which licensed AZD3152 from RQ Bio in May last year, and reinforces the financial position of the UK-based biotech to execute its four scientific programmes focused on viral […]

January 3, 2023

The biotechnology industry begins 2023 at a crossroads. In many ways, the sector is coming off of one of its toughest years in recent memory. Initial public offerings ground to a halt. A widely followed biotech stock index plunged nearly […]

January 3, 2023

Haemophilia is a rare genetic bleeding disorder that causes the blood to take a long time to clot because of a deficiency in one or several blood clotting factors. It is almost exclusively found in males. According to the World […]

January 3, 2023

The Hong Kong-listed cancer biotech said this morning that anti-PD-L1 inhibitor sugemalimab given in combination with chemotherapy showed “statistically significant and clinically meaningful” improvements in both progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in previously-untreated patients with unresectable locally advanced, […]

January 3, 2023

The Italian biopharma said it had decided to press ahead with the new study after assessing results from 100 patients with TRS in open-label studies who received the glutamate modulator drug as an add-on to their current therapy for more […]

December 30, 2022

These are all critical consideration for sponsors, as failing to conduct trials in accordance with GCP and other applicable regulations can lead to regulatory authorities rejecting data that is generated to support new treatments and regulatory applications, as well as […]

December 29, 2022

Drugmakers have long studied hemophilia gene therapies, seeking to replace the infusions that people with the disease take for life to control their bleeding. In recent years, their research has delivered clinical successes in both the “A” and “B” forms […]