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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

Drug Discovery World

For International Women’s Day, DDW’s Diana Spencer celebrates some of the women in leadership making an impact on the drug discovery and life sciences sector. She has over 15 years’ experience in corporate finance and restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and intellectual property licensing.

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UK-Dutch alliance to strengthen early clinical oncology research

Drug Discovery World

Both parties will have the opportunity to identify and nominate potential projects for clinical development. In particular, the alliance will focus on projects featuring a novel, promising, academic-derived agent which has the potential to address a high unmet clinical need.

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How to get the biopharma deal you want

Drug Discovery World

When the science lines up, execution of BD goals can enable time-appropriate returns to investors, lengthen the runway (time to cash out), and expand the reach of core technologies beyond programs that can be carried out internally. For pharmas, new programs and portfolios from biotech companies offer a way to augment internal research.

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Drug discovery hotspots: What is the secret to Switzerland’s success? (p1)

Drug Discovery World

An internal study performed recently, highlighted how Basel is outstanding in scientific collaboration with industry, measured via joint publications and at the same time how the local industry excels globally in the number of patents filed.” Biopôle Lausanne has been created to provide a focus for life sciences activity in the region.

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Crescita Announces Licensing Agreement for Pliaglis; in China

The Pharma Data

Ltd (“Juyou”), a biotechnology company that develops and sells medical and cosmetic skincare products, for the commercialization and development of Pliaglis ® in mainland China (the “License Agreement”). million and US$1.8

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Europe: Where is the drug discovery innovation?

Drug Discovery World

Even before this, however, Amsterdam was established as an important centre for drug development. This pedigree has attracted beneficial international collaborations. Professor Dr Carla van Gils, Director of KWF, comments: “Many of academia’s most innovative agents can be difficult to bring into clinical development.

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2023 cancer research highlights: Drug development at its best

Drug Discovery World

With the safety of MOv18 IgE having been established in cancer patients, biotechnology company Epsilogen has licensed the drug and will continue its clinical development following this successful clinical trial.