Robust, ready-to-use cell-based potency assays for biosimilar development
By Jane Lamerdin, Ph.D., Abhishek Saharia, Ph. D.
DiscoveRx Corporation, Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Biosimilars are defined as drugs that are “highly similar” to or “interchangeable” with an approved biologic. The lack of a clearly defined...
Regulation that governs the biosimilar industry
One of the major hurdles for biosimilars manufacturers is meeting the rigorous demands of regulators who are coming to terms with the challenges that the new industry provides.
In the European Union, for example, a...
Facing a Changing Biosimilar Marketplace
Most people associate passage of the US Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or ACA, (otherwise known as Obamacare) with extending health benefits to the under- and uninsured.
But the legislation, signed into law in...
With Great promise comes great responsibility
In the world of drug production, the search is relentless for treatments that can reduce the planet’s spiralling pharmaceutical bill by curing illness.
However, although billions of pounds is ploughed into developing new drugs, attention...
Trade Secrets – current and future protection
A trade secret is a piece of knowledge that gives you a competitive advantage over others in the field.
It must not be widely known, the owner must have taken deliberate steps to keep it...
Developing long term relationships with the skilled workers of the future
Despite the great demand for skilled workers in the STEM industries, employers are struggling to find and retain the young people with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in the workplace.
A recent survey...
Education secretary backs the drive to recruit more young scientists
UK Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is backing attempts to enthuse young people with a love of science.
She said: “Developing the best schools and skills is a key part of our long-term economic plan to...
Aiming high and encouraging young people into the world of science
Talk to anyone in the bioscience world and they will tell you that one of their major concerns is the dearth of young people coming out of schools, colleges and universities having studied science...
Technology offers insights into cancer
Mass spectrometry is helping medical research in many other ways as well, including exciting work being done in the United States.
Scientists at the Shimadzu Institute for Research Technologies and the Department of Chemistry and...
A historical case with modern significance
In the medical field, spectroscopy technology is being used for research into 470-year-old bones which may have relevance to modern-day sufferers of the bone condition rickets.
The technology helped scientists confirm that many sailors who...
Out of this world
At first glance, one of the most stunning achievements in space exploration, an investigation into rickets in sailors who died 470 years ago and cutting-edge cancer research may appear to have little in common.
However,...
But what of the future?
So nanotechnology is already producing developments but what is its potential? Well, the opportunities are huge and the work already under way could just be the start.
For example, the science could greatly speed up...
Striking a note of caution as the use of nanotechnology in medicine gathers pace
Nanotechnology may be advancing at a rapid rate but these are still early days and much still needs to be done as the medical world tries to keep pace with the dramtic pace of...
Nanomedicine – bridging the skills gap
Nanomedicine is at the forefront of modern healthcare. Nanoparticles offer a new platform for drug delivery that can extend the “patent life” of drugs, but also greatly increase the targeting and effectiveness of therapy.
In...
Fantastic Voyage
In 1966, movie-goers were treated to the release of a film called Fantastic Voyage, a Cold War science fiction thriller about a scientist who is nearly killed in an assassination attempt.
As he hovers between...
Accreditation: Delivering Confidence in Health Services
The quality of health and social care services is under constant and close scrutiny. Professor Sir Mike Richards, Chief Inspector of Hospitals at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has recently acknowledged that accreditation and...