In an exclusive interview with Dr Vanessa Zann, (pictured below) executive drug development consultant at Quotient Sciences, OSP delved into the forefront of pharmaceutical research and development.
In an overwhelming response to the news that SimBioSys and General Inception had joined forces to use advanced AI and biophysical modeling, to gain deeper insights into tumor biology, the industry has spoken.
Cresset, a leading provider of integrated in silico solutions for drug discovery, announced last month (February 21) a global collaboration with Enamine, one of the front providers of chemical building blocks and drug discovery services.
Yesterday, (February 28), a clinical-stage biotechnology company, Redx, announced that the first participant has been dosed in a phase 1 clinical trial for RXC008.
Mandziuk is vice president, project management, eClinical Development & Delivery, at ICON and she says nothing could have prepared the health industry for the global impact the Covid pandemic has had.
Jane Kendrew changed paths after a year of her first degree knowing it was exactly the right way for her. She left university with a first class honours degree and turned down the offer of a PhD to start her dream job as a research scientist.
A clinical-stage biotechnology company creating a new class of drugs today (Feb 20) announced that a first subject has been dosed in a phase 1 clinical trial.
Informatics software developer supporting R&D, ACD/Labs, has formed a collaboration with MilliporeSigma, the US and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA.
The US Food and Drink Administration (FDA) has approved Calliditas Therapeutics' Tarpeyo (budesonide) delayed-release capsules to reduce the loss of kidney function in adults with IgAN.
The pharmaceutical industry in 2023 has seen many investments, partnerships, acquisitions and more. As the year ends, industry leaders give the biggest trends to look for in 2024, with artificial intelligence being a hot topic.
The drug discovery specialist Anagenex has sealed a collaboration pact with Nimbus Therapeutics to co-develop small molecule drugs with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).
A portfolio company created and incubated by Apple Tree Partners (ATP) has raised $52 million in series A funding to enable it to rapidly discover novel small molecule therapeutics.
OSP had a great conversation with Mike Connell, chief operating officer, at Enthought. The discussion centered around aritificial intelligence (AI) which have been the buzzwords in pharma and a number of other industries for at least the last year.
A Life Sciences Advisory Board has been launched by Atropos Health, a company that translates data into personalized real-world insights across healthcare.
An exciting new instrument that will help identify promising drug targets for academia and the pharma industry has been unveiled in Australia by The Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS).
OSP had a discussion with Tracy Curley, CEO of iSpecimen, and Eric Langlois, chief revenue officer of iSpecimen and Michael Howell,founder of Mountaineer Biosciences, Inc. to discuss a number of issues those working in precision medicine still face.
A partnership combining an integrated drug creation platform with a company specializing in dermatological expertise will deliver life-changing medicines to patients.
Vice president and global head of bioanalytical and central lab services, Lan Li has always found doctors fascinating. Their ability to save lives and give second chances set her on her career path, but it was recognizing there were still so many unmet...
Saama, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) based solutions, announced today (October 17) that it has formed a multi-year agreement with biopharma giant, AstraZeneca.
Drug discovery will benefit from a virtual artificial intelligence (AI) expert thanks to Opportunity Pharma and OpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences joining forces.
The AstraZeneca-owned company Alexion has teamed up with Verge Genomics to deploy the U.S. startup’s drug discovery platform in the search for novel drug targets for rare neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases.
The U.S. company Nimbus Therapeutics has raised $210 million in a financing round to fund the development of small molecule drugs powered by computational drug discovery.
The UK organ-on-a-chip (OOC) company CN Bio has teamed up with LifeNet Health LifeSciences to gain access to the non-profit tissue bank’s validated human cells for use in organ models for life sciences research.
Danaher is to acquire Abcam for $24 per share - a total enterprise value of approximately $5.7 billion representing approximately 40% more than Abcam's undisclosed share prices in May.
A partnership between technology company Fluree and Vitality TechNet is a ‘groundbreaking effort’ to shorten timelines within the drug discovery process.
Sigma Mostafa is the chief scientific officer of KBI Biopharma, a development and contract manufacturing organization serving the biopharmaceutical industry.
The US drug developer Nanopharmaceutics has teamed up with PrecisionLife in a strategic collaboration to accelerate the development of Nanopharmaceutics’ central nervous system (CNS) drug pipeline with precision medicine.
The world’s first anti-fibrotic small molecule inhibitor, discovered and designed by generative artificial intelligence (AI) has completed the first patient dose in a phase 2 clinical trial.
Small molecule drug, Tagrisso (Osimertinib) taken alongside chemotherapy has showed a strong improvement in progression-free survival for patients with EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor)-mutated advanced lung cancer, a phase 3 study has revealed.
A small molecule drug has been recommended by England’s National Institute for Health Care and Excellence (NICE) for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD)-associated pruritus in adult patients on haemodialysis.
Exscientia plc has announced a sixth molecule has been created through its generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform to enter clinical stage. It is the third clinical molecule from a collaboration with Sunitomo Pharma to enter phase 1 trials.
Redx has been presented with a commemorative plaque at its HQ at Alderley Park, in recognition of its discovery of pirtobrutinib, the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) in Eli Lilly's cancer treatment Jaypirca.
OSP spoke to Vladamir Penkrat, head of safety and regulatory and Shuba Rao a senior director at Indegene, a life sciences digital company about a paper they recently published called 'Challenges and Future of PV Compliance' about the direction...
Poolbeg Pharma plc has been granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for ways of treating hypercytokinaemia using a small molecule immunomodulator.
The company is using a ‘lab-in-the-loop’ process to advance the drug discovery process, and stated that opening a new lab space represents a step forward on its path to ‘transform drug discovery’.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Merck’s Prevymis (letermovir) for prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in kidney transplant patients for priority review.
Evidence shows that animal models currently dominating bioavailability estimates are poor predictors and human, cell-based multi-organ microphysiological systems (MPS) should be investigated, CN Bio says.
