PPD

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Cell and gene therapy (CGT) studies are rapidly gaining momentum in the Asia-Pacific region, fueled by growing patient demand and a thriving ecosystem of innovation. In China, the high incidence of solid tumors is driving an urgent need for advanced therapies, spurring the push for new treatment approaches.

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Drug Discovery Today

JANUARY 20, 2022

Cambridge and Wetherby, UK, 18 January 2022: Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cancer therapies and powerful diagnostics based on its proprietary Affimer® and pre|CISION™ platforms announces that the next pre|CISION™ drug candidate, AVA3996, has been selected for pre-clinical development (..)

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a pivotal role in fostering the development of treatments for rare diseases through its Orphan Products Grants Program. Each year, FDA selects a limited number of clinical trials to fund to help sponsors pursue development of medical products for rare diseases and advance their field.

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Cytel

AUGUST 28, 2023

A clinical development plan — a comprehensive strategy for developing an investigational product through regulatory submission — is a critical component of drug development and helps ensure that new therapies are safe, effective, and of high quality.

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

DECEMBER 7, 2023

These survey results also highlight the importance of evaluating a variety of potential CRO partners of different sizes to choose the best match for your clinical development goals and corporate culture. We are acutely aware that turnover in key project team personnel can lengthen project timelines and inflate clinical trial costs.

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Drug Target Review

JUNE 9, 2023

This exclusive interview with Dr Sharon Benzeno, Chief Commercial Officer, Immune Medicine at Adaptive Biotechnologies, unveils some ground-breaking research on T- cell therapy for cancer , which has seen the first TCR-based therapeutic candidate progress to clinical development, offering promising advancements in innovative cancer treatments.

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PPD

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It is hard to ignore some of the most pressing, long-term trends driving the push to accelerate innovation and progress in drug development. As a result, biopharma and biotech companies working to bring their drug pipelines to the market require deep expertise from trusted partners to help deliver critical therapies for their patients.

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Fierce BioTech

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Even though AI-designed drugs arent yet a household term for FDA-approved, commercially available therapies, they are a reality in clinical development pipelines.

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Drug Target Review

JANUARY 8, 2024

Contrary to popular belief, ageing is not caused by just random wear and tear of our bodies over time but is instead caused by a discrete set of biological mechanisms that we now better understand and can target with therapies. What evidence is there that we can reverse aging with drugs? a commercial stage pharmaceutical company.

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PPD

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The drug development industry is constantly adapting and evolving to bring novel therapeutics to market to improve the lives of patients across the globe. While the drug development industry experienced setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic, the field  is again gaining momentum reminiscent of its pre-pandemic pace.

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Drug Target Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Through further research and work as a principal investigator on clinical studies for several central nervous system indications, I laid the groundwork for a career in gene therapy drug development. AskBio) I continue to work to bring innovative gene therapies to patients in need.

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Advarra

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The field of cell and gene therapies (CGT) is constantly evolving, and there has been significant progress in this area of research. However, despite the promise of these therapies, the regulations governing them lag the science, which in turn hinders the clinical translation of these novel medicines.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

JANUARY 4, 2023

Brevig, Senior Regulatory Device and Biologics Expert — On December 7, 2022, FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) and the Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies (OTAT) held a town hall to answer questions related to cell therapy and tissue-engineered products chemistry, manufacturing, and contr­­ols (CMC).

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PPD

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The highly dynamic biotech industry has a core need to remain as flexible and agile as possible across the spectrum of clinical development activities. One primary way these companies create a nimble and adaptive environment is by outsourcing some portion of clinical development functions.

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The Premier Consulting Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

The FDA’s January 2020 guidance, Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) [1] Information for Human Gene Therapy Investigational New Drug Applications (INDs), outlines the analytical methods that define the quality, safety and efficacy of gene therapy therapeutics.

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MARCH 26, 2024

The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific conducts an annual survey of more than 150 leaders at pharmaceutical companies around the globe to assess trends in drug discovery and development, including preferences around outsourcing and functional service provider (FSP) utilization.

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DrugBank

JUNE 6, 2024

In the rapidly evolving landscape of oncology drug development, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a revolutionary force, altering not just the pace but the very methodology of discovery and development.

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Creative Biolabs

MAY 25, 2022

These cytotoxic drugs include DNA base analogs, antimetabolic drugs, tubulin inhibitors, etc. However, most of these chemotherapeutic drugs show a low therapeutic index, and serious side effects are usually attributed to the exposure of non-specific drugs to off-target tissues.

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Drug Target Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Early detection of neurotoxicity induced by potential new therapies is a major challenge, and hiPSC-neuronal cells may provide a solution. Within the field of drug safety hiPSC-cardiomyocytes are now routinely used for early identification of cardiac liabilities in drug discovery.

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The Pharma Data

JULY 28, 2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) to TAK-994, 1 its Phase 2 investigational oral orexin agonist, which is designed to selectively target orexin 2 receptors. – If Approved, Investigational TAK-994 May Provide a Future Treatment Option Targeting the Orexin Deficiency Underlying NT1.

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KIF1A

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Read the Guide FDA Launches Pilot Program to Help Further Accelerate Development of Rare Disease Therapies One frustrating aspect of traditional drug development, especially for rare disease communities, is the tempo of regulatory decisions on potential drugs.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Lewis, Senior Regulatory Device & Biologics Expert — On October 20, 2023, FDA announced the availability of the final guidance authored by CBER titled “Voluntary Consensus Standards Recognition Program for Regenerative Medicine Therapies.” It finalized a draft guidance published in 2022.

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Drug Target Review

MAY 1, 2024

How have advancements in antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) expanded treatment options for different types of cancer? The advent of monoclonal antibodies paired with improvements in each ADC design component has led to the approval of 11 ADCs with more than 180 ADCs currently in clinical development.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 12, 2021

In December, life sciences giant Bayer launched a cell and gene therapy platform within its pharmaceutical division in order to become a leading company within a rapidly emerging and evolving field that offers the potential of life-saving therapies. Photo courtesy of Bayer. We have set the bar high.

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PPD

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Approaches to outsourcing clinical trials have changed significantly in recent years. Mixing of service models — a strategy that drug developers are leveraging now more than ever — can bring life-changing therapies to market faster.

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Cytel

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Data is the cornerstone of any clinical trial, driving the decision-making process of drug development, and is a fundamental requirement for approval of new therapies by regulatory agencies like the FDA or EMA.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 11, 2023

1,2 Many, however, do have dysfunctional proteins at their core, and for these diseases, a new option is being explored: autophagy-boosting therapies. One of our drug candidates at Samara activates Transient Receptor Potential Mucolipin 1 (TRPLM1), a protein that’s at the centre of the degradative machinery that’s so key to autophagy.

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Broad Institute

OCTOBER 11, 2023

But immunotherapy was not yet widely used and had not been applied clinically to Merkel cell carcinoma, so she received traditional chemotherapy and radiation therapy, suffering life-threatening complications along the way. His mother had a presentation of the disease that suggested her immune system was already on the job.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Patients are going to be randomized to receive either finerenone 10mg or 20mg or placebo on top of individually tolerated maximum labeled doses of a renin-angiotensin system (RAS)-blocking therapy like an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB).

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 27, 2021

. – Preclinical Data Underscore Treatment Potential for PBFT02 in Frontotemporal Dementia with Granulin (GRN) Mutations, a Devastating, Progressive Disorder Impacting Adults with No Approved Disease-Modifying Therapy Options. FTD is a debilitating form of early onset dementia that currently has no approved disease-modifying therapies. “We

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 12, 2021

“KSQ’s CRISPRomics discovery platform is a powerful technology to help us identify novel targets in line with our immuno-oncology strategy,” said Loïc Vincent, Head, Oncology Drug Discovery Unit and Immunology Unit at Takeda. Takeda will assume responsibility for funding all development and commercialization activities.

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Cytel

APRIL 10, 2024

Orphan drug designation is a regulatory status granted to pharmaceuticals developed for the treatment of rare diseases. It provides incentives to encourage the research, development, and approval of therapies targeting small patient populations.

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Drug Target Review

JUNE 6, 2023

We are in an era of immuno-oncology (IO) revolution with many approved therapies now available to treat a broad range of cancers. For the last several years, the field has worked to unlock the potential of IO therapies for additional tumour types, and has explored options beyond checkpoint inhibitors.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 2, 2022

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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JUNE 2, 2022

New multi-program collaboration to develop allogeneic TCR-T/CAR-T programs brings together Immatics’ allogeneic gamma delta T cell therapy platform ACTallo ® with Bristol Myers Squibb’s technologies and oncology drug development expertise. Executive Vice President, Research & Early Development, Bristol Myers Squibb.

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Alta Sciences

APRIL 17, 2024

Five Promising Treatment Areas in Early-Phase Drug Development in 2024 aasimakopoulos Wed, 04/17/2024 - 15:52 Early-phase drug development is an ever-changing landscape, as emerging science leads to new promising areas of research for the treatment of human health issues.

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Drug Target Review

JULY 18, 2024

Why is detecting cancers via liquid biopsy before they become visible on imaging important for drug development, not just diagnostics? We believe liquid biopsy is very helpful for oncology drug development because the reduction and clearance of circulating DNA occurs quickly before radiographic imaging is available.

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