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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

Chief Medical & Scientific Officer
Scientific progress depends upon collaboration iPS cell technology is at the forefront of pharmaceutical innovation and Takeda strives to bring innovative treatments to patients Both Takeda and CiRA have the common goal of providing patients and healthcare professionals with innovative new treatments

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Precision medicine for Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimers disease a common cause of dementia is characterised by deposition of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles These protein deposits are inherent key features of AD distinguishing from other types of dementia AD also notably marks with neuroinflammation oxidative stress

Research Insights

Repositioning of Anti-dengue Compounds Against SARS-CoV-2 as Viral Polyprotein Processing Inhibitor

A therapy for COVID Coronavirus Disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus SARSCoV remains elusive due to the lack of an effective antiviral therapeutic molecule The SARSCoV main protease Mpro which plays a vital role in the viral life cycle

Case Studies

Cyclodextrins as Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for The Treatment Of GM1-Gangliosidosis: A Feasibility Case Study

Abstract GMgangliosidosis is a rare lysosomal storage disorder characterized clinically by a wide range of variable neurovisceral ophthalmological and dysmorphic features Without enough functional galactosidase GMgangliosides cannot be degraded in lysosomes and accumulate to toxic levels in many tissues and organs particularly in the brain In s

Techno Trends

Japan Introduces New Policies to Accelerate Clinical Trials for Innovative Treatments

Japans government has unveiled new policies aimed at expediting clinical trials for innovative therapeutics enhancing research capabilities

White Papers

Cloud Computing in the Laboratory Informatics Solutions and Validation Approaches

In the modern business environment, a significant portion of work is conducted using computerized systems. Many solutions are used to complete tasks, including simple desktop programs like email and Microsoft Office to enterprise-wide, global systems like ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), MES (Manufacturing Execution System), and LIMS

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The Emergence of Organ-on-chips for Diseases Studies and Drug Development

Giuseppe Maruccio

Giuseppe Maruccio is Full Professor at Department of Mathematics and Physics – University of Salento and head of Omnics Research Group which comprises researchers with different backgrounds from physics to life sciences working in cross-disciplinary areas  with applications from -onics (electronics, spintronics and magnonics) to -omics technologies (genomics, proteomics and cellomics)

 

Anna Grazia Monteduro

Anna Grazia Monteduro is researcher at Department of Mathematics and Physics - University of Salento in Lecce (Italy) and carries out her research activity within Omnics Research Group in the fields of (i) sensors, lab on chip and organ on chip; (ii) Nanoelectronics, spintronics, nanomagnetism and applied superconductivity.

 

Silvia Rizzato

Silvia Rizzato is researcher at the Department of Mathematics and Physics - University of Salento and carries out her research activity within Omnics Research Group on the development of new devices and processes for sensing and spintronics, including surface acoustic waves devices, electrochemical sensors and colloidal lithography for LSPR sensors.

 

Giusi Caragnano

Giusi Caragnano is a PhD student in Nanotechnologies at the University of Salento - CNR Nanotec and she is part of the Omnics Research Group. Her research activity concerns development of the Organ-on-chip to support the treatment of both chronic and cancerous gastrointestinal diseases

 

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Unlocking New Avenues in Cancer Therapy by Targeting Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases

Dr. Oon Chern Ein

Associate Professor Dr. Oon Chern Ein is dedicated to advancing innovative cancer therapies. She earned her BSc (First Class Hons) in Biotechnology from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and pursued her DPhil in Medical Oncology at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Following this, she trained as a postdoctoral fellow at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. She has served as a lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia since 2013. Chern’s work in molecular therapeutics has earned her numerous prestigious awards, including the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science National Fellowship (2015), the Women of the Future Awards (South East Asia), and the Malaysian National Young Scientist Award (2018). She was further recognized with the Promising Academician Award and Excellent Service Award by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (2019), alongside the British Council Study UK Alumni Award (Professional Achievement Category) and MINDS Women Scientist Award in 2020. Most recently, she received the Singapore Academies-ASEAN Fellowship from the Singapore National Research Foundation to train in drug discovery at A*STAR Singapore to strengthen her industrial insights. Her multidisciplinary research encompasses drug discovery, cancer-targeted therapies, and bioengineering solutions through collaborations with industry partners. She holds two granted patents in Malaysia (MY-203445-A, MY-199524-A) for small molecule inhibitors targeting anti-cancer and anti-angiogenesis pathways. As a member of the Global Young Academy, Chern actively champions female empowerment and education for all. Chern’s research continues to bridge academia and industry, striving to transform cancer therapy through novel therapeutic strategies.

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Synbiotics in Metabolic Health

Dr. Neeraj Mishra

Dr. Neeraj Mishra is working as Professor and Head, Department of Pharmaceutics,  in Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Gwalior since July 2019. He has around twenty years of teaching and research experience.  He has more than 100 publications of International and National repute in recent concepts of novel drug delivery systems, localised drug delivery, targeted and controlled drug delivery of nanocarriers/ microparticles for the treatment of breast, colon cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders. Dr. Mishra more than 3700 citations with h- index 32. The total cumulative Impact Factor of his published papers is more than 300 (as per SCOPUS). He has also written 15 Books and 30 book chapters in Elsevier, Bentham, Springer and Wiley Publication etc. He has also been granted 3 international patents and 2 Indian patents.  Dr. Mishra is recipient of “Distinguished Professor Award” 2019 from DST-NSTMIS, SPAICS, Indore, and M.P. in September 2019.  Dr. Mishra has received the “Distinguished Professor Award '' 2021 from Indian Pharmaceutical Association, MP State Branch, Indore.  Dr Mishra has received Best Academician Award in the Indian Pharmacy Graduate Association, M.P. State International Conference held on 06th May 2023 at DAVV Auditorium, Indore, India.

Devyani Rajput

Dr. Devyani Rajput is working as an Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, in Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Gwalior since Jan 2024. She has around seven years of research experience. Her expertise includes nanotechnology, phytomedicine, and advanced drug delivery systems, with notable contributions to cancer research. She has participated in various national and international conferences, published impactful research, and received prestigious awards, including the BEST SCHOLAR AWARD 2023. She has more than 150 citations with h- index 3. She has received the CSIR travel Grant in April 2024 for presenting her research work in Istanbul University.

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Schedule M guideline: Revision and its nationwide implementation

Dr. M Aamir Mirza

Dr. M. Aamir Mirza is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics, Jamia Hamdard, an NIRF Rank 1 institute and a NAAC ‘A+” grade deemed to be University. He has a multifaceted career portfolio adorned with both industry and academic accomplishments. During his industry stay he became a seasoned scientist and dealt with challenging NCE/NDA development. He is on advisory boards of some international research-based companies of India, New Zealand and Europe. Academics and Research being close to his heart, he has published more than 110 manuscripts in the journals of international repute and has been granted 02 Indian patent and filed for 04. He has contributed several chapters in books published by reputed authors like Elsevier and Bentham. He is amongst the very few scientists globally who has an expertise in Humic substances research. A well-travelled scientist; he has delivered scientific addresses in countries like USA, Austria, Japan, Netherlands, Turkey, Estonia, Spain and Russia. He has been Elite Fellow at University of Malaya (Malaysia) for the last 5 years where he takes classes on the topics related to industrial pharmacy.

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Allosteric Modulation: A Paradigm Shift in Pharmaceutical Innovation

Dr. Parth Sarthi Sen Gupta

Dr. Parth Sarthi Sen Gupta is a Computational Biologist specializing in computational drug and vaccine design, with a focus on allosteric modulation. He is an Associate professor in School of Biosciences and Bioengineering, D Y Patil International University. He has published more than 50 research articles and book chapter in reputed peer reviewed Journals. His research work on COVID19 has been highlighted by various national and international news agencies and recognized by World health organizations.

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Innovent Announces NMPA Acceptance of a New Indication Application of Sintilimab for the Treatment of Advanced Melanoma

Innovent Biologics Inc a worldclass biopharmaceutical company that develops manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of cancer metabolic autoimmune and other major diseases today announced that a New Indication Application for sintilimab in combination with Nolgileuce...

Georgiamune and Menarini Group Enter Exclusive Global License and Collaboration Agreement for GIM-621, a First-in-Class Oral Immuno-Oncology Agent

The Menarini Group Menarini a leading international pharmaceutical and diagnostics company and Stemline Therapeutics Inc Stemline a whollyowned subsidiary of the Menarini Group focused on bringing transformational oncology treatments to cancer patients along with Georgiamune Inc a clinicalstage biot...

Aptar Pharma Acquires Pulmotree, Expanding Growth Opportunities in Next-Generation Pulmonary Drug

Aptar Pharma a global leader in drug delivery dosing protection technologies and services today announced the strategic acquisition of PULMOTREE a Munich Germanybased life science company specializing in pulmonary drug delivery systems for targeted delivery to the lungs The acquisition is expected t...

Kos Biotechnology Partners Announces Strategic Investment in Golden Age Health to Accelerate Global Access to Rare Disease Therapies

Kos Biotechnology Partners Kos a global life sciences investment firm bridging the US and European biopharma ecosystems today announced a strategic investment in Golden Age Health GAH through its inaugural fund Kos BioVentures As part of this partnership Alex Tzoukas Managing Partner and CoFounder

AI Proteins Announces Research Collaboration and License Agreement With Astellas Pharma to Discover and Develop Novel Miniprotein-Based Therapeutics Valued at Over $400 Million

AI Proteins Inc a biotechnology company that utilizes computational de novo protein design to create therapeutic miniproteins today announced it has entered into a Research Collaboration and License Agreement with Astellas Innovation Management LLC an affiliate of Astellas Pharma Inc TSE to discove...

Merck Collaborates with NVIDIA, Microsoft and Dawn Health to Develop Novel Support Model for People Living with Rare Tumors

Merck a leading science and technology company today announced a collaboration with NVIDIA Corporation Santa Clara California USA Microsoft Corporation Redmond Washington USA and Dawn Health AS Copenhagen Denmark to build an innovative model for Patient Support Programs PSPs The fourway collaboratio...

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Sumitomo Pharma’s Enzomenib Receives Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Relapsed or Refractory KMT2A-Rearranged Acute Leukaemia

Sumitomo Pharma America has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to enzomenib DSP for treating patients with relapsed or refractory acute leukaemia carrying a KMTA gene rearrangement

Pfizer’s TALZENNA Plus XTANDI Approved for Earlier Treatment of Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Pfizer has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration FDA to expand the use of TALZENNA talazoparib in combination with XTANDI enzalutamide for men with metastatic prostate cancer that is sensitive to hormone treatment and has specific homologous recombination repair HRR gene mutatio...

Okomera Signs Agreement with Servier for Cancer Research Technology

Okomera has signed a commercial agreement with Servier to support the development of new cancer treatments using its tumour miniaturisation technology More than of oncology drug candidates fail to reach the market making it important to identify promising treatments at an early stage Okomeras platf...

AstraZeneca and Oracle Launch Global AI Collaboration to Optimise Clinical Trials

AstraZeneca and Oracle Health and Life Sciences have launched a global collaboration to use artificial intelligence AI realworld data and cloud technology to improve clinical trial efficiency and patient outcomes The collaboration will combine AstraZenecas expertise in drug development clinical rese...

UCB Receives Approval for ZILBRYSQ Autoinjector for Adults with Generalised Myasthenia Gravis

UCB has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration FDA for a new autoinjector option for ZILBRYSQ zilucoplan a treatment for adults with generalised myasthenia gravis gMG who test positive for antiacetylcholine receptor AChR antibodies

Nxera Pharma Partners with Synmosa to Commercialise QUVIVIQ

Nxera Pharma has entered into an exclusive licensing supply and commercialisation agreement with Synmosa Biopharma to expand access to QUVIVIQ daridorexant a medicine used to treat insomnia across eight AsiaPacific markets QUVIVIQ was discovered and developed by Idorsia Pharmaceuticals