Development

Advances in pharmaceutical neuroscience present an opportunity for pharmaceutical companies to stay ahead of the curve.

Sanofi and IGM Biosciences have announced a collaboration agreement for oncology, immunology, and inflammation targets.

Orion is planning to refocus its R&D efforts on the development of new proprietary products focused on cancer and pain.

Huma has acquired AstraZeneca’s digital health platform, and AstraZeneca has become a shareholder of Huma in a partnership to accelerate digital-first patient care.

Gamma Biosciences has announced an initiative through its subsidiary, Mirus Bio, to develop lipid-polymer nanocomplexes for improve mRNA delivery solutions.

Sanofi is collaborating with Blackstone Life Sciences to accelerate the development of a treatment for multiple myeloma.

Sanofi and Seagen have entered an agreement to investigate three cancer targets.

Catalent has announced the completion of a $30 million project at its facility in Limoges, France focused on biopharmaceutical development and drug product manufacturing.

NIH has launched one of the first Phase 1 clinical trials to examine mRNA technology for HIV.

CAR-T cell therapy development is a complex process that requires standardization.

SCG Cell Therapy has signed a collaboration agreement with A*STAR’s BTI to advance the development of antibodies for infectious diseases and cancer treatments.

Novo Nordisk will expand its existing research collaboration in novel delivery technologies with MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

New technologies are treatments are emerging to tackle COVID-19 and its assortment of new variants.

A rise in investments and funding into regenerative medicines projects has helped to advance a rich clinical pipeline.

Researchers at McGill University have made advancements with a novel method for growing synthetic bone tissue.

FDA’s CDER continues to make rare diseases a priority with drug approvals and programming to speed therapeutic development.

EMA’s PRIME scheme has enabled life-changing medicines to become available to patients at a faster rate.

Evonik has increased its global supply of plant-derived cholesterol used for mRNA vaccines and gene therapies.

Thermo Fisher and Symphogen have extended their collaboration involving improved data workflow, which supports the discovery and development of new cancer treatments.

Flexible and efficient methods are needed for biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

Adagene has announced SAFEbody multi-target collaboration with Sanofi for novel masked immuno-oncology antibody candidates.

The authors review some of the monoclonal antibody candidates that reached Phase III clinical trials but were discontinued at later stages.

Careful selection is essential for achieving viscosity reduction without protein destabilization.

Borrowing is good, but invention is best.

Eli Lilly and Company are investing $700 million into a Boston-based facility for the newly announced Institute for Genetic Medicine.