The CRO industry is predicted to grow considerably over the next five years. Trials are becoming more complex, and technology is becoming increasingly interwoven with processes. The CRO of tomorrow must be tech smart, agile, and environmentally conscious to remain relevant. In this changing landscape, how does a CRO cut through the noise in 2022-30?
To install a newly created Chief Scientific Officer position and to hire a biotech veteran is a signal sent by Rentschler Biopharma, celebrating 150 years.
Whether it´s oncolytic viruses or vectors for cancer therapy or modern vaccines, the demand for development, production or filling capacities is rising rapidly. To keep pace with this rise in customer demand, Vibalogics, which recently became part of the Recipharm Group, is investing around US$50m in the expansion of its Cuxhaven site by the end of the year, and even more in the US site near Boston.
In the present newsletter special issues will be reinforced and personality of branches interviewed. Financing in sustainable production (#BRAIN_AG), synBio and AI (AIgnostics) are highlights in the Biotech Newsletter of Deutsche Börse AG.
Immunogenicity and limited gene transfer capacity can negatively affect the outcome of cell and gene therapies. European Biotechnology magazine spoke to Dr Dimitrios Laurin Wagner, Berlin Center for Advanced Therapies (BeCAT) and Gene Editing for Cell Therapy group leader at Charité, on new approaches that promise to overcome some limitations of current virus-based gene therapies.
The technological and pharmacological advances lead to an increase in the number of molecules for R&D that are challenging and difficult to manufacture. To improve clinical success, pharma and biotech companies are seeking innovative ways to accelerate progress and reduce scientific, economic, and delivery risks.
A current Nature study specifies the most competitive health biotech sectors worldwide and puts Switzerland at the top, Sweden second and the USA third. Does the new math convince?
Vetter, a globally operating CDMO, won the 2022 CMO Leadership Awards in all six core categories – quality, expertise, compatibility, capabilities, reliability and service. Vetter also achieved Champion status in the areas of quality, expertise and compatibility. The award, now in its eleventh year, was given by the leading trade press publication, Life Science Leader.
The efficacy of therapeutic antibodies is defined by their primary amino acid sequence. After discovery, antibody candidates often profit from protein engineering and sequence optimisation. Different technologies can improve the functional properties of antibodies as well as their biochemical and biophysical characteristics influencing manufacturing, process development, formulation, and other parameters of the final drug target product profile.
Biologicals have shown significant success for more complex diseases, whereas small molecule drugs have not been that effective. New biologicals are mostly highly purified proteins or antibodies, which require the development of technologies for the preparation of a large number of drug candidates with high purity and speed. A high throughput magnetic beads-based system is a game-changer for biologics discovery.