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Turning science into business: An optimised alternative to antibodies

Drug Discovery World

As life science operates globally, the vision for the business was always to bring aptamers as an antibody alternative to researchers worldwide. What advice would you offer to similar start-ups?    AT: Integral to Aptamer Group’s offering is an in-depth understanding of molecular science. To what do you attribute your success?

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Where are the hottest drug discovery hubs in the US?

Drug Discovery World

In 2021, Savills put together a report on the regional hubs attracting science/pharma investment 1. The Boston Globe headline 3 , ‘Life sciences is poised to be Boston’s dominant industry. Over 450 life science companies including top pharmaceutical manufacturers are concentrated in the region.

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Therapeutic antibody potential in 2024

Drug Discovery World

This is reflected in collaboration and investment patterns; in 2023, Antiverse, a biotechnology company developing a computational antibody drug discovery platform, raised seed funding totalling £1.4 million, comprising new investment and match funding from the UKI2S Innovate Accelerator.

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Where is the drug discovery expertise happening in the UK?

Drug Discovery World

A company within this ecosystem is STORM Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company creating novel small molecule therapies that inhibit RNA modifying enzymes (RME) for use in oncology and other diseases.

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Claims that AI will “revolutionise pharma R&D” are (almost entirely) hype

DrugBaron

Billions of dollars have been invested in companies promising to “revolutionise pharma R&D” through the application of artificial intelligence – but it is now clear that global pharma companies, and not just tech bro’s, are buying into the claims. And there is no doubt that there is plenty of room for improvement.

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Faze Medicines Appoints Biotech Leader Philip Vickers, Ph.D., as Chief Executive Officer

The Pharma Data

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Faze Medicines , a biotechnology company pioneering therapeutics based on the groundbreaking new science of biomolecular condensates, today announced that it has appointed Philip Vickers, Ph.D., Preclinical and clinical programs at Northern Biologics were acquired by big pharma companies in 2020.

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How to find a drug: the past, present and future of small molecule drug discovery?

DrugBaron

Despite the current hype around so called “advanced therapies”, which range from gene editing to cell therapies, and the inexorable advance of biologic therapeutics such as monoclonal antibodies, even in 2022 the majority of drugs in development and reaching patients are still small organic molecules.