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Søren Bregenholt, Chief Executive Officer at Alligator Bioscience, elucidates how creating bispecific antibodies that target both tumour-specific antigens and CD40, a receptor on the immune system’s dendritic cells, is a new approach that aims to trick tumours into telling the immune system how best to attack.
Therapeutic antibodies play a key role in addressing unmet medical needs. Here, Dr Judy Chou, CEO, President and Board Member of AltruBio, Inc, explains how agonist antibodies show potential as a novel therapeutic approach in immunological diseases, helping to mediate interactions between circulating immune cells and influencing the intensity and…
The emergence of new antibody-based therapeutics, such as antibody-drug conjugates, alongside a continued drive towards alternatives to animal testing approaches, highlights the need for precise and sensitive tools enabling the identification and characterisation of the best drug candidates for clinical progression. Capable of keeping up with the evolving drug development…
Small molecules are essential for developing effective medicines, but their structural complexity and material behaviour present difficulties. In this article, Chris Brown, Senior Chemist, Onyx Scientific Ltd, discusses how the right technologies and approaches can enhance drug development and mitigate risk from initial phase to commercial launch.
The Women in Advanced Therapies pre-day at Advanced Therapies Europe 2024 provided a great forum to address investment in diversity and elevating female leadership. Following this, we spoke to Clare Blue, Senior CMC Consultant at eXmoor Pharma about embracing diversity, how women can seek mentorship and the importance of community…
Anirban Datta, Head of Discovery Biology at Verseon International Corporation, details how recent breakthroughs are bringing once-distant possibilities, such as testing drugs more efficiently and restoring lost organ function through implantation, closer to reality.
We had the privilege of talking to Veerle d’Haenens, General Manager, Global Therapy Innovations at Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies. Her successful career has been driven by her creativity, expertise and passion, and she advises women who are aspiring to STEM roles to always think big.
In this Q&A, Simon Lovestone, Vice President, Global Head, Neuroscience Discovery and Translational Science at Johnson & Johnson, shares how they are leveraging the A/T/N biomarker framework to achieve breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s disease research, in an aim to alter disease progression before daily life is significantly affected.
In this article, Dr Raminderpal Singh speaks to Janette Thomas of Five Alarm Bio for a biotech CEO’s perspective on the complexity of data faced by both large and small biotechs. Janette is on a mission to develop drugs targeting the chronic diseases associated with ageing. She shares her insights…
So-called undruggable pharmaceutical targets could be tackled with intermediate sized drugs such as macrocycles, combining the advantages of small molecules and biologics. The preparation of very large libraries of chemically synthesised intermediate-sized molecules is now in reach with a new technology developed at ETH Zurich. In this article, Dr Michelle…
Renowned immunologist Dr Yang Liu shares his insights into the preclinical studies behind the development of drug candidates targeting the CD24/Siglec-10 pathway. He discusses the technical and regulatory hurdles of antibody development, how these therapies compare to existing immunotherapies, and the potential for personalised cancer treatment through biomarker development.
Driven by a passion for early-stage scientific discovery, Cristina de Min, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Topas Therapeutics, transitioned from clinical practice to drug development. Her expertise has played a pivotal role in advancing new treatments, with her achievements demonstrating her commitment to improving patient outcomes.
In this article, Dr Raminderpal Singh speaks to Neil Wilkie of Mironid Ltd. for a biotech CEO’s perspective on the transformative potential of AI, and the importance of bridging communication gaps between scientific and technical teams to drive innovation and efficiency in the pharmaceutical industry.
Developing cell therapies solely with healthy donor material can jeopardise clinical outcomes, introducing risks ranging from faulty preclinical data to manufacturing failures. We spoke to Priya Baraniak, CBO at OrganaBio, who advocates for early integration of diseased donor material, improved biobanking infrastructure, and cross-industry collaboration to develop more effective, patient-relevant…
Radioimmunotherapy (RIT) is a promising cancer treatment gaining recognition in precision oncology. It utilises radiolabelled antibodies to deliver targeted radiation to tumours, with success in hematologic cancers. However, its use in solid tumours has been limited by off-target radiation and toxicity, with few clinical trials advancing beyond phase II. Alexander…
