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Microneedle patch with precise vancomycin drug dose against MRSA skin infections

5 January 2022 | By ,

Effective vancomycin concentrations can be delivered locally to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-infected sites of the skin with the use of miniaturised needles. This presents opportunities for targeted delivery of medication for focal skin diseases. Here, Georgios A Sotiriou and Liv Eidsmo of the Karolinska Institutet discuss some of them.

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United efforts to accelerate drug development

22 December 2021 | By , ,

From the Cancer Drug Development Forum (CDDF), John Smyth (Chairman), Axel Glasmacher (Treasurer) and Jaap Verweij (Managing Director) clarify the importance of a collaborative industry approach to cancer therapy development and highlight the most pressing challenges for discussion in their meetings and workshops.

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Many hands make light work: why the new Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium is a godsend for ambitious biopharma teams

21 December 2021 | By ,

In late October, we learned that an exciting and ambitious new entity – the Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (BGTC) – had come into being in the US, designed to encourage the delivery of more gene therapies for rare diseases. The consortium is an interesting construct, headed and funded by the…