Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a new class of biotherapeutics, consisting of acytotoxic payload covalently bound to an antibody by a linker. Evaluating the pharmacokinetics (PK) properties of ADCs in preclinical and clinical studies is essential for their strategic design and successful development.
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Danish AI expert Francesco Pesce and collegues have expanded the toolbox for computational protein design. Their new algorithm will facilitate the design of proteins whose functions exploit the many properties afforded by protein disorder.
Swedish antimicrobial specialist Amferia AB has inked a contract is with the Swiss animal health company Biokema SA for commercialisation of Amferia’s proprietary antimicrobial wound care technology in Switzerland.
The extent to which vested interests can delay innovation can currently be seen in the introduction of screening for the dominantly inherited disease familial hypercholesterolaemia, the benefits of which have already been proven in the UK and the Netherlands.
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Swiss mitophagy specialist Vandria SA has booted its CHF18m Series A financing from December 2023 by further CHF10.3m to push its lead VNA-318 to Phase Ib testing.
Danish ADC maker Adcendo ApS has licenced the rights to commercialise Multitude Therapeutics Inc’s first-in-class ADCE-T02 globally except the Greater China region.
German biotech spin-out Emfret Analytics GmbH & Co. KG has presented a first in class anticoagulant that helps preventing heart attacks and stroke while showing less adverse effects than approved meds.
Good news for BioNTech SE: The safety study of the ADC BNT326/YL202 developed by MediLink Therapeutics, which was suspended by the FDA in mid-June, will continue.