Delivery formulations

Orally disintegrating tablets offer range of patient benefits: Roquette

18-Aug-2021 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the excipients firm discusses how ODTs appeal to seniors and patients on the go, and the formulation-related challenges with such tablets.

Secure pharma supply chain requires connections, information

18-Aug-2021 By Jenni Spinner

A representative from Clarivate explains how supply chain vulnerabilities can hurt stakeholders, including patients—and how one solution can close the gap.

Philip Morris acquires another inhaled-drug pharma firm

10-Aug-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The US-based company continues its move away from smoking products with the purchase of drug developer OtiTopic, as part of its Beyond Nicotine initiative.

cphi north america 2021

Pharma event welcomes industry professionals ‘keen to meet’

04-Aug-2021 By Jenni Spinner

Producers of CPhI North America 2021 offer a glimpse at programming, including sessions on COVID-19 challenges, supply chain issues, and more key topics.

mRNA and beyond: Opportunities for US biologics

03-Aug-2021 By Staff reporter

The success of mRNA vaccine technology could be one of the new opportunities for US pharmaceutical manufacturing looking forward, with pandemic investments helping turbocharge the sector.

Spotlight on single-use systems: 3 trends driving demand

03-Aug-2021 By Staff reporter

Adoption of single-use technologies has grown exponentially over the last decade: but what will drive the tech forward in the coming years?

Psychedelics research institute launches in Australia

03-Aug-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The Psychae Institute, established by a global team of scientists, will conduct pre-clinical and clinical research around psychedelic medicine development.

BMS, BridgeBio partner to study drug combo for lung cancer

27-Jul-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The two pharma firms will partner to study the efficacy of Opdivo, paired with a SHP2 inhibitor, to treat non-small cell lung cancer with KRAS mutations.

People on the Move: July 2021

08-Jul-2021 By Jenni Spinner

This month’s news on hires, promotions, acquisitions, and expansions includes items about Javara, Elligo, Lonza, Yourway, Medable, and other notable firms.

Hot-melt extrusion can improve bioavailability: Avomeen

14-Jun-2021 By Jenni Spinner

With bioavailability challenges a frequent frustration for drug developers, one research outfit suggests a technique that could reduce the headaches.

Novo Nordisk weight-management drug lands FDA approval

07-Jun-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The pharmacy company's Wegovy (semaglutide) is the first therapy designated for chronic weight management that the agency has granted approval since 2014.

Azzur opens new on-demand cleanroom facility in California

03-Jun-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The company’s Azzur Cleanrooms on Demand division has established another facility in Vista, a city in the San Diego Area, for life-sciences operations.

People on the Move: June 2021

02-Jun-2021 By Jenni Spinner

This month’s roundup of hires, acquisitions, anniversaries, and other announcements includes news from Premier Research, Cytel, ACG, and other companies.

Special Edition: BIO DIGITAL 2021

‘HIV remains a pandemic of inequalities’: The fight against HIV/AIDS, 40 years on

02-Jun-2021 By Rachel Arthur

June 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of the first reported cases of AIDS in the US. A session at BIO Digital – featuring Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of NIAID at the NIH – will focus on four decades of innovation as well as the critical...

Newly launched ‘skunkworks’ firm seeks to elevate drug development

27-May-2021 By Jenni Spinner

Created by an industry veteran with more than 20 years’ experience, Protodigm aims to offer innovation and expertise to pharmaceutical industry clients.

Sanofi and GSK take COVID-19 vaccine into Phase 3 study

27-May-2021 By Rachel Arthur

Sanofi and GSK have started the Phase 3 study for their COVID-19 vaccine candidate: eying up potential regulatory authorization in Q4, 2021.

Online HPAPI Summit takes on key pharma ingredients topics

19-May-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The virtual event (scheduled June 22-24) will feature presentations from Bayer, Merck, GSK, Novartis, Takeda, FDA, WHO, and other notable organizations.

Cancer drug developer aims to elevate treatment

13-May-2021 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from clinical-stage pharma firm NuCana shares promising results for its ProTides therapies and hopes the drugs can elevate outcomes for patients.

Could synthetic biology solutions fix supply chain challenges?

11-May-2021 By Jenni Spinner

An expert from synthetic biology tech firm Antheia offers ways to rethink current sourcing and manufacturing strategies to tackle current and future woes.

Lonza leader outlines small-molecule trends for 2021 and beyond

06-May-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The head of small-molecule business for the pharma solutions specialist talks about obstacles, and how companies can work to clear them for future success.

Nanoform, Aprecia partner on 3D-printed nanomedicines

27-Apr-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The two companies plan to collaboratively explore ways to combine 3D printing and nanotechnology, in order to create nanoparticle-enabled dosage forms.

Pfizer pours $25m into Vedanta's Phase II IBD study

19-Jan-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The pharma giant has invested in the clinical trial exploring the viability of Vedanta Biosciences’ VE202 inflammatory bowel disease treatment candidate.

Grifols to launch trial for potential COVID-19 therapy

19-Jan-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The subcutaneously administered immunoglobulin, if successful, would provide rapid immunity against the virus behind the deadly global pandemic.

LA customs agents seize $19m in counterfeit Viagra pills

13-Jan-2021 By Jenni Spinner

Authorities discovered the fake Pfizer erectile-dysfunction tablets in one of three cargo containers full of fraudulent goods, recently arrived from China.

AI-driven drug discovery collaboration to tackle neurological diseases

12-Jan-2021 By Jenni Spinner

Sosei Heptares and PharmEnable will harness artificial intelligence-enabled technology and advanced chemistry to explore neurological disease solutions.

Repurposing existing drugs accelerates discovery: XenoTech

12-Jan-2021 By Jenni Spinner

Exploring alternative uses for drugs tapped for other indications, can save considerable time and money in discovery, according to an expert from the CRO.

Lexaria broadens COVID-19 drug exploration program

11-Jan-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The drug delivery platform company is exploring the viability of remdesivir and other potential treatments for the virus using its DehydraTECH technology.

Clinical informatics company raises $21.5m to fund tech

23-Dec-2020 By Jenni Spinner

Ovation.io will harness the funding to develop software and data products supporting drug discovery and development, creating diagnostics and more.

Sanofi joins Aqemia to develop COVID-19 treatments

21-Dec-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The pharma firm will lend support to Aqemia’s high-tech drug discovery tools in order to work on discovery and development of therapies for the virus.

Biomarkers pave the way to personalized care: Quanterix

21-Dec-2020 By Jenni Spinner

An executive from the digital biomarker tech company explains the myriad benefits of biomarker analysis in advancing precision health solutions.

Looking back, thinking ahead: industry leaders talk trends

16-Dec-2020 By Jenni Spinner

Experts from a variety of research and drug development organizations share their thoughts on highlights from 2020, and predict what 2021 might hold.

Sanofi renews WHO partnership on Neglected Tropical Diseases

15-Dec-2020 By Rachel Arthur

Sanofi has made a new five-year, $25m partnership agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to fight Neglected Topical Diseases (NTD); and eliminate sleeping sickness by 2030.

Bristol Myers Squibb, Noxopharm to partner on immunotherapy pilot

23-Nov-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The pharma giant and the clinical-stage drug developer will join on a pilot study investigating a candidate’s potential in overcoming resistance of a cancer drug.

Minakem: CM reaps time-saving, quality-boosting benefits

04-Nov-2020 By Jenni Spinner

Leaders from the CDMO discuss how the surging interest in continuous manufacturing can result in cost savings and numerous other advantages.

TFF Pharmaceuticals partners with Experic to expand manufacturing

26-Oct-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The clinical-stage pharma firm will install a processing line at Experic’s cGMP facility in New Jersey to handle its thin-film freezing technology.

Premier Research: holistic approach benefits drug development

06-Oct-2020 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the CRO shares insights as to what strategies and philosophies work best when working to craft a successful drug development program.

IntelGenx, ATAI partner on film-based psychedelics

03-Sep-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The companies will join forces to use IntelGenx’s polymeric film technologies for development of pharmaceutical-grade psychedelic drug treatments.

TFF, Union Therapeutics join on potential COVID-19 treatment

27-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The companies will partner on developing dry-powder forms of niclosamide as a treatment for the virus, using thin-film freezing technology.

Colorcon invests in AI-centric drug discovery

24-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The pharmaceutical technology investment fund is partnering with and financing Atomwise, a company that provides AI solutions for drug discovery

Healx collaborates on Angelman syndrome therapies

19-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The AI-centric drug discovery technology firm is working with a foundation to discover potential treatments for the rare neurogenetic disorder.

Biorasi: precision medicine trials call for specialized approach

19-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the speed-focused CRO talks about the specialized needs of precision medicine trials, and how sites and sponsors can succeed on such studies.

People on the Move: August 2020

04-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

This month's spotlight on new hires, promotions and company acquisitions involves Elligo Health Research, PPD, Pfizer, Covance and other industry firms.

Absorption Systems: complex generics offer obstacles, opportunities

21-Jul-2020 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the CRO shares perspectives on the challenges and rewards associated with the category, and approaches in getting generics to market.

A-Alpha Bio lands Gates Foundation drug development grant

13-Jul-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The $800K grant will fund development of therapeutics for infectious diseases, including respiratory viruses like COVID-19, using machine learning.

G1 Therapeutics: trilaciclib shows benefits for lung cancer patients

14-May-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The company will present data from recent Phase 2 trials of the investigational drug at the upcoming ASCO20 virtual conference on May 29.

3M Drug Delivery Systems relaunches as Kindeva Drug Delivery

04-May-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The launch of the renamed, newly independent company follows its acquisition by Altaris Capital Partners.

Saama launches COVID-19 data collaboration

06-Apr-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The company’s EndPandemic National Data Consortium aims to integrate data from clinical trials to accelerate development of a cure for the virus.

FDA approves migraine drug formulated for fast dispersion

19-Mar-2020 By Vassia Barba

Biohaven’s drug for acute treatment of migraine, manufactured using Catalent’s Zydis technology for orally disintegrating tablets, receives approval from the US FDA.