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Advancing autonomous API reaction optimisation
A novel flow reactor platform was able to self-optimise a range of variables within a multi-step reaction by leveraging process analytical technologies (PAT) and chemometric models.
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EPR Podcast Episode 13 – QC spectroscopy compliance – Garry Wright and Julia Griffen, Agilent
Discover the common compliance concerns encountered when using spectroscopy instruments for QC, as well as how to rectify them in this episode with Agilent Technologies.
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Oncolytic viruses: past and present
It is difficult to treat cancer effectively without causing adverse side effects. In this article, Dr Li, Clinical Assistant Professor at the State University of New York and Board Director of ExonanoRNA, describes how an old strategy that never got off the ground has finally been leveraged to deliver safe,…
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Securing every dose with an edible security technology for safe medicines
The problem of counterfeit medicines is becoming a tremendous burden to society. An edible security tag affixed to each medicine can provide track and trace measures with dose information and on-dose (in-dose) authentication. Furthermore, it serves as a last line of defence against illicit pharmaceutical products. Young Kim, Associate Head…
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The EU HTA regulation: a new frontier for access to innovative technologies
A new health technology regulation is due to be applied to help EU countries determine the effectiveness of novel technologies and decide on pricing and reimbursement by health insurers or health systems. Here, Professor Vincenzo Salvatore and Giuseppe Ragucci from BonelliErede reflect on what this means for the UK and…
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Progress in the implementation of biofluorescent particle counters
Despite the promise of biofluorescent particle counters (BFPCs) as an alternative and rapid microbiological method and process analytical technology, their implementation thus far has predominantly occurred in non-GMP environments. In this article, EPR’s Hannah Balfour explores the reasons, with comment from Mike Russ, Senior Manager, Head of QCLS/Analytical Science and…
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Actualising the power of antibody-drug conjugates as cancer therapeutics
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are designed to be highly-targeted therapies with the potential to maximise the potency of a treatment while reducing unwanted side effects on healthy tissues. Some 20 years after the first ADC product approval, Dominik Schumacher and Jonas Helma-Smets of Tubulis GmbH discuss how improved and optimised technologies…
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EPR Podcast Episode 12 – Digital twins in R&D – Loredana Vagaggini, GSK
Tune in to discover how and why digital twins are being developed and used in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing.
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Big Pharma deal-making primed for acceleration
Subin Baral, Global Deals Leader, Life Sciences, Ernst & Young LLP, offers his predictions for M&A activity within industry as we head into the later stages of 2022.
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Biohybrid microrobots could be effective cancer drug delivery systems
A new study demonstrates the design and potential of adding artificial components to bacteria to enable tumour targeted drug release and immune activation.
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Advancing cell therapies – γδ T cells and the combination factor
In this Q&A, Bryan Kobel, Chief Executive Officer of TC Biopharm, discusses innovations in cell therapies, introducing the company’s work in gamma delta (γδ) T-cell technologies and his predictions for the future of cell therapy development.
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AstraZeneca to acquire TeneoTwo and its blood-cancer therapeutic
AstraZeneca announces plans to acquire TeneoTwo and its CD19/CD3 T-cell engager, TNB-486, in a deal worth up to $1.2bn.
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Biopharmaceutical bioseparation systems market to value $20bn
With demand for biopharmaceuticals rising and advances being made in bioseparation systems, the global market it expected to witness significant growth.
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Pursuing new paths in targeted protein degradation drug development
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) therapy has grown rapidly as a field, with transformational potential. TPD is poised to be successful in delivering marketed products, but limitations are now starting to emerge, including tumour resistance, a lack of mechanisms for oral dosing, and the inability to penetrate tissues such as the…
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Rapid method development to overcome challenges of bi-specific antibody purification
The landscape of biopharmaceutical manufacturing is changing, with complex molecules such as bi-specific antibodies (bsAbs) becoming increasingly prevalent. bsAbs are a large, structurally diverse family of molecules designed to recognise two targets and globally there are over 230 in development as promising therapies for cancer and other diseases. While they…
