Biosimilars offering encouraging results in rheumatology
One of the other areas in which biosimilars are attracting attention is rheumatology and an example of new products coming online was highlighted at the recent Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in London.
Data demonstrating...
Companies announce new developments
An example of the new approach is seen in the way that several companies have been working to accurately and speedily diagnose zika virus.
In March, the US Food and Drug Administration gave authorisation to...
Producing crops that can resist the ravages of climate change
Amid all the talk about the impact of climate change, one of the areas sometimes overlooked is the potentially severe effect on the production of food.
However, increasing awareness of the threat posed by flood,...
Harnessing pharmacogenomics for better health outcomes
In this issue, we speak to Dr Jerika Lam of the School of Pharmacy at Chapman University, about her work applying pharmacogenomics to antiviral treatments.
“A lot has happened in the field of hepatitis C...
Reducing the risk of bio-contamination in gene, cell and CAR-T therapy
Bioquell’s Dr Rolf Hansen examines how the latest isolator systems create aseptic working conditions for reducing risk and keeping gene, cell and CAR-T therapies efficient, compliant and accurate, whilst also supporting biologics manufacturing expansion...
How a Novel Drug Discovery Technology Could Help in the Fight Against COVID-19
By Dr Asif Tulah, Alcyomics
Alcyomics has been adapting its service provision and assays to play their part in the race to find new treatments for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and to better understand how this virus works....
Setting up a Bio Science Business – putting together the Team
This is the second short article in our series on setting up a new business in the bio science space
Beyond the confines of a very small consultancy it is difficult to run a business...
AI tailors artificial DNA for future drug development
With the help of artificial intelligence, Swedish researchers have succeeded in designing synthetic DNA that controls the cells’ protein production.
The technology, developed at Chalmers University of Technology, can contribute to the development and production...
Fighting the battle against malaria
Despite major breakthroughs in medicine over the years, some diseases remain mass killers and few cast a longer shadow than malaria, particularly in Africa where it has claimed millions of lives.
Key to tackling the...
The importance of Intellectual Property strategy; creating a foundation on which to build value...
Dr Emma Longland and Craig Thomson
of HGF writing for the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
Most companies in the Biotech space appreciate the need for patent protection; after all, no company wants to bring...
Researchers discover how fatal biofilms form
By severely curtailing the effects of antibiotics, the formation of organized communities of bacterial cells known as biofilms can be deadly during surgeries and in urinary tract infections. Yale researchers have just come a...
Unravelling the mysteries around type-2 diabetes
Researchers at University of Leeds have pinpointed a molecule mutation that plays a key role in the disease.
For more than 30 years, scientists have been trying to unravel the mystery of how a key...
Drug delivery
Dr Jason Bellia, Senior Patent Examiner at the
UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
I will look at just two of a vast number of routes - one to deliver nucleic acids across cell membranes and another looking...
Bionic technology that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible
The loss of a limb through illness or accident can be a truly devastating blow and, until recent years, prosthetics did not really offer much in the way of compensation for sufferers. False limbs...
Wolfson Centre – Short Courses for 2024
The short course calendar for 2024 has been released and online registration is open.
Held either online or at the Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology offices in Chatham, Kent, we offer courses in...
CUSTOMER SERVICE IS AT THE HEART OF THIS BIO BUSINESS
An experienced research scientist herself, Sonia Houghton knew just what was needed from a biological sample storage and logistical management service when she set up Cryoniss.
Having already established a first class internal service for...