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Highest British business award goes to cannabis drug developer, GW Pharmaceuticals
The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation was awarded to GW for leadership in cannabinoid science and development of prescription cannabis-based medicines.
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Ampion™ reduces COVID-19 respiratory distress mortality
The final results from the Phase I trial show treatment with Ampion™ reduced all-cause mortality by almost 80 percent in COVID-19 patients with respiratory distress.
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A new small molecule drug discovery and development platform for HLA-associated autoimmune diseases
In the arsenal of approved small molecule drugs, effective, genetically-targeted therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases are conspicuously scarce. ImmunoMolecular Therapeutics (IM Therapeutics) has developed a paradigm for the discovery and development of new molecular entities as a broad platform for blocking genetic targets that confer risk of disease development…
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Bioprocessing & Bioproduction In-Depth Focus 2021
Featured in this in-depth focus, articles exploring why cleanroom infrastructure must transform to meet the needs of the cell and gene therapy industry and discussing a novel platform for discovering and developing genetically-targeted therapies for autoimmune diseases.
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Quality driven solutions from discovery to commercialisation
We offer high quality analytical testing solutions for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical products through all phases of drug development, from discovery through early development and commercialisation. Find out more in this guide…
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EU to support novel antibiotics with €20 million funding
BioVersys will receive €20 million in funding to support its development of new treatments for antimicrobial resistant infections.
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Established and new mass spectrometry applications to drug discovery and development
Mass spectrometry has numerous applications in pharmaceutical research, from initial discovery through to characterisation and quality control. In this article, Dr Ioannis Papayannopoulos details the role of mass spectrometry in pharma R&D by highlighting established and novel applications of the technique in drug discovery and development.
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Product hub: Fast-track your pharmaceutical projects with DiGiTools
GEA’s digitally-enabled process optimisation tools improve the customer experience and expedite the successful completion of pharmaceutical research, development and production projects. This comprehensive suite of process simulations, digital twins, augmented/virtual reality systems and remote support solutions represents a safe and effective environment in which to achieve operational excellence, expedite FATs,…
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PerkinElmer to acquire Horizon Discovery for $383 Million
PerkinElmer will expand its automated life sciences discovery and applied genomics solutions with the acquisition.
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Single-cell analysis techniques: advances enabling early diagnosis of genetic diseases
In this article Pramod Kumar, a Senior Research Analyst (Healthcare) at P&S Intelligence, explores how single-cell analysis techniques are used for both pharmaceutical R&D and clinical, diagnostic applications.
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Global antimicrobial resistance fund to support development of innovative antibiotics
The fund has already raised $1 billion to support clinical research of novel antibiotics and intends to bring up to four new antibiotics to market by 2030.
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UK launches scheme to encourage development of novel antibiotics
The NHS is offering two contracts to pay pharma companies at the start of their research into antibiotics, to promote the development of new antimicrobials.
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FDA approves Phexxi™ vaginal gel for prevention of pregnancy
The US FDA approved Phexxi™ (lactic acid, citric acid and potassium bitartrate) gel, the first non-hormonal, vaginal pH regulator contraceptive.
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Four UK CROs announce collaboration to work on potential COVID-19 therapeutics
A group of four CROs at BioCity Nottingham have joined forces to collectively work on the research of COVID-19 therapies.
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COVID-19: the big repurpose and even bigger pharmaceutical partnership
Heidi West discusses how academia, government and the pharmaceutical industry can work together to potentially repurpose drugs for the treatment of COVID-19.
