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Women in STEM with Kristina Torfgard

Drug Target Review

However, my goal was all the time to work with drug development in the pharma industry, so I moved on and started that journey in 1992 when I took on a role as Clinical Research Manager at AstraHässle, a mid-size Swedish pharma company. I experienced challenges in cultural differences working with US, UK, Japan, and China.

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Operation Warp Speed for Rare Diseases: Expected Boom in Drug Development and Approval

Advarra

Given the relatively small populations affected by any one rare disease or condition, a pharmaceutical company developing an orphan drug may reasonably expect the final approved drug to generate relatively small sales (when compared with the drug development costs) and consequently incur a financial loss.

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BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM ENTERS GLOBAL LICENSING AGREEMENT TO DEVELOP AND COMMERCIALIZE INNOVATIVE ANTIBODIES FROM A*STAR FOR TARGETED CANCER THERAPIES

The Pharma Data

Boehringer Ingelheim and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) today announced a global licensing agreement under which Boehringer Ingelheim will obtain exclusive worldwide rights to research, develop and commercialize products based on a panel of innovative, tumor-specific antibodies from A*STAR.

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Advancing neurological therapies with Dr Bruce Leuchter

Drug Target Review

But commitment to neuroscience drug development is critically important given the significant unmet medical needs and the ways in which patients, caregivers, and families suffer. In other cases, well-established biomarker profiles enable patient enrichment strategies in early-stage clinical development.

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How nucleolar stress accelerates aging in mice

Drug Target Review

Initial works from the lab concentrated on exploring the role of replicative stress in cancer and ageing, for which the group combined cell biology, mouse models and drug development projects. Among other discoveries, the group developed inhibitors of the ATR kinase and showed their potential for cancer therapy.

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AbbVie Snatches Up Antibody from Harbour BioMed to Fight COVID-19 and Related Mutations

The Pharma Data

Harbour BioMed (HBM) announced with Utrecht University on Monday that they have licensed their fully human SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody, 47D11, and its program to AbbVie. AbbVie has initiated a Phase I clinical trial of the antibody, and it will conduct the initial clinical program in the U.S.

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Drug candidates with blockbuster potential for CNS diseases

Drug Target Review

Could you give us an overview of IRLAB’s current drug development pipeline? IRL1117 is expected to be ready to move into clinical development at the end of 2024/first half 2025.

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