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18 April 2013 | By Pedro R. Cutillas, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London
Not all cancer patients, even those with the same tumour type, respond to therapy equally well. An understanding of this heterogeneity at the molecular level is crucial for further advances in the development of cancer therapies. Discerning the mechanisms of cancer heterogeneity will lead to a better selection of the…
18 April 2013 | By Pascal Furrer, Pharmacist
Active substances are rarely administered alone. For example, levothyroxine, a synthetic form of the thyroid hormone, indicated in the treatment of hypothyroidism, is administered at a very low dosage, ranging from 15 μg to 200 μg. These very small amounts of powder mean that it is not possible to manufacture…
Metrohm, a leading manufacturer of instruments for chemical analysis and FOSS, a leading supplier of dedicated analytical solutions to optimise quality and control, have entered into a strategic alliance strengthening the two companies’ leading positions in their respective key markets. In this strategic alliance, Metrohm will become the sole global…
In this Mass Spectrometry In-Depth Focus: Corticosteroids and mass spectrometry; latest applications using LC/MS; Multi-analyte LC-MS/MS assays for the quantification of endogenous compounds during the development of drugs and companion diagnostics...
In this Stem Cells In-Depth Focus: The promise held by induced pluripotent stem cells for research and regenerative medicine; Workshop preview – Cell based assays for screening; Cardiac stem cells; Stem Cells Roundtable...
25 February 2013 | By Esther P. Black, College of Pharmacy and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky
Cancer treatment faces a conundrum: a growing lack of therapeutics with lasting effects. The low hanging fruit of the medicinal chemistry orchard seems to have been picked, and modification of existing anti-cancer therapeutics has produced only incremental rewards[1]. Thus, both pharmaceutical companies and academic researchers are left searching for new…
Welcome to European Pharmaceutical Review’s Industry Expert Panel. We have assembled a panel of authoritative voices from the pharmaceutical industry to speak on a wide range of issues that affect this industry, sharing their expertise and insight with our readers.
21 February 2013 | By Eric Munson, Patrick DeLuca Endowed Professor in Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky
Solid-state NMR spectroscopy (SSNMR) has emerged as an extremely powerful analytical technique for the characterisation of pharmaceuticals[1-5]. Despite its capability, SSNMR is still not used ubiquitously in the pharmaceutical industry. Several factors contribute to this, including cost and analysis time, but two of the major reasons are understanding the full…
21 February 2013 | By Jack Zhou, Chief Operating Officer at B&W Tek
Established in 1997, B&W Tek first developed a comprehensive OEM laser product line based on diode lasers in its first four years before adding an array-based spectrometer product line for OEM customers in 2001...
21 February 2013 | By Andrey Turchinovich and Barbara Burwinkel, German Cancer Research Center
This mini-review aims to summarise recent advances in the field of molecular diagnostic of diseases using extracellular circulating miRNA in biological fluids. We will also discuss obstacles in developing miRNAs as circulating biomarkers as well as the potential future of the field.
21 February 2013 | By Patrick A Eyers, Department of Oncology, Sheffield Cancer Research Centre, University of Sheffield
Protein kinases represent a vast, partially untapped resource of drug targets for therapeutic intervention in human disease. The remarkable success of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor Imatinib, which is now the first-line therapy in Philadelphia-positive tyrosine kinase inhibitor Imatinibhas galvanised biomedical researchers in an attempt to repeat the landmark success of…
21 February 2013 | By Michael J. Miller, President, Microbiology Consultants, LLC, Silvia Fragoeiro, Ananthi Ramachandran and Paul van Empel MSD Animal Health
This is the first paper in our continuing series on Rapid Microbiological Methods (RMM) that will appear in European Pharmaceutical Review during 2013. Flow cytometry represents one of a variety of viability-based RMM technologies that are currently available to the pharmaceutical industry. In flow cytometry, individual particles are counted as…
21 February 2013 | By Sheraz Gul, Head of Biology at European ScreeningPort, Hamburg, Germany
Recent years have witnessed an expansion in the disciplines encompassing drug discovery outside the pharmaceutical industry. This is most notable with a significant number of universities worldwide that now host infrastructure such as compound libraries and automated screening centres[1-3]. An archetypal small molecule drug discovery project will aim to identify…
This article discusses how the pharmaceutical industry can leverage its competencies in outsourcing to accelerate time to market, improve quality and increase innovation at all stages of the drug discovery and development process. The pharmaceutical industry is being battered by a perfect storm of not just one but three major…
Founded in 1991, AMRI (Albany Molecular Research Inc.) is a contract research and manufacturing organisation, with locations in the US, Europe and Asia. The company provides fully integrated drug discovery, development and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
