Created by an industry veteran with more than 20 years’ experience, Protodigm aims to offer innovation and expertise to pharmaceutical industry clients.
As summer heated up, the pharmaceutical industry saw major developments in preclinical models from new software to 3D-printed tissue, all in the name of drug development.
A collaboration between Mercachem and Gotham leads to the generation of a molecule library, expected to enable new discovery opportunities in the epitranscriptomic targets space.
The drug discovery, development, and analytical service provider has opened a new facility in Sandwich, UK to support the development and manufacturing of APIs – a market expected to top $270bn by 2026.
Using its proprietary bioprocessing technology, Cellesce is scaling the production of breast organoids for drug discovery research – with plans to expand into other areas of unmet medical need, says CEO.
The clinical informatics company Ovation.io secures $5m in Series A funding to expand its platform designed to help diagnostic labs become a “keystone of precision medicine in their community,” says CEO.
Ligand Pharmaceuticals enters an agreement with Genagon to provide access to its drug development platform capable of producing fully human antibodies.
Sanofi will use AbSci’s platform to further optimize two of its in-house proteins – and will partner with other companies to accelerate timelines and reduce costs.
Schrödinger closed an $85m (€74) financing round to support an expansion of its computational platform and drug discovery pipeline for internal and external use.
Elpis Biomed is scaling its proprietary ‘direct cellular reprogramming platform’ – and has its sights set on becoming a global provider of high-quality human cells, with strategic partnerships soon to be announced, says the company’s founder.
Researchers are using artificial intelligence to catalyze drug discovery and preclinical drug development - improving predictive models to guide efficient design and optimizing multi-drug regimens, as two recent examples.
Altasciences’ acquisition of a preclinical testing business marks the “next major milestone” in the CRO’s goal to provide an integrated offering from lead candidate selection to proof of concept.
Medicen Paris Region and Cap Digital announced are encouraging their members to support Hu-PreciMED, a precision medicine project launched by Oncodesign, Servier, and Intersystems.
Evotec and Almirall are using a novel approach to disrupt cell signaling to discover and develop first-in-class therapeutics targeting dermatology diseases.
Sygnature Discovery is adding a new facility at Alderley Park in Cheshire, UK in response to an increasing demand for outsourced preclinical research services.
Evotec is conducting preclinical and toxicology/safety studies for Stealth BioTherapeutics’ lead candidate, ahead of clinical trials slated to begin in 2019.
The multi-year project with an unnamed pharmaceutical company will use the macaque monkey as a developmental model for progressive brain disorders and is valued at more than $1m.
Europe's Novasecta has formed an alliance with Chinese contract
research organisations (CROs) Sundia Meditech and HD BioSciences to
provide their R&D services to European mid-sized biopharma
firms.
Charles River Laboratories has reported another profit jump in its
Q4 2007 financial results and has also stepped up its China plans
as the demand for its preclinical services in the country are said
to be "robust".
US-based MPI Research and China's Shanghai Medicilon have formed a
joint venture in preclinical services, as they position themselves
to cash in on what is a budding market sector in China.
In this week's review of activity within the preclinical research
services arena, news has emerged involving ChemDiv, SRI
International, ShangPharma, Ranbaxy and Xceleron.
