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Advancing Pharma Innovation & Drug Development | Thermo Fisher Scientific | ISPE 2026 | Pharma Focus Asia

Senior Director, Head of Business Development APAC, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Koji Tanimoto is Senior Director of Biotech Account Management APAC at Thermo Fisher Scientifics Pharma Services Group Previously he served as Senior Director and Head of Business Development for Asia Pacific and Japan at Patheon also holding the title of Director at Patheon In Japan Since he led business development across both Patheons CDMO operations and Fisher Clinical Services clinical trial...

Articles

Marine Biomaterials for Drug Delivery Applications

Introduction Marine ecosystem is the largest ecosystem on the planet It is estimated that million different kind of species are present in marine environment though per cent of them are still await description Marine species are classified into six kingdoms bacteria protozoans chromists fungi plats and animals Marine species are very uniquely produced from t

Research Insights

Efficacy of the Combination of Monoclonal Antibodies Against the SARS-CoV-2 Beta and Delta Variants

The pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus SARSCoV is currently the biggest healthcare issue worldwide This study aimed to develop a monoclonal antibody against SARSCoV from B cells of recovered COVID patients which might have beneficial therapeutic purposes for COVID patients

Case Studies

Analytics Stories: A Case Study from Quintiles

As I have shared within other posts within this series businesses are using analytics to improve their internal and external facing business processes and to strengthen their right to win within the markets that they operate For pharmaceutical businesses strengthening the right to win begins and ends with the drug product development lifecycle I remember for example t...

Techno Trends

Avidity Biosciences Introduces Breakthrough Del-zota for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Avidity Biosciences has introduced delpacibart zotadirsen delzota as the first and only investigational therapy to receive FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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

TOP ARTICLES

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Rethinking How Medicines Work

Dr. Asawari Pagare

Dr. Asawari Pagare is a bioinformatician at UW Medicine where she studies the genomics of myositis, an autoimmune disease that is not yet well understood. She earned her PhD in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, where she explored how timing and fluctuations influence how living systems interpret signals relevant to medicine.

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Are We Ready to Ship Billions of COVID Vaccines Worldwide?

Kawal Preet

President, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, FedEx Express

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Biologics at Scale

Surbhi Gupta

Surbhi Gupta is an Industry Principal at Frost & Sullivan with extensive experience in global pharmaceutical and biotech market research and consulting. She leads the Personalized Therapeutics program, focusing on next-generation modalities and precision medicine. Her expertise spans market analytics, forecasting, and competitive benchmarking, supporting strategic decision-making for global clients. Recognised as a trusted growth advisor, helping stakeholders navigate disruption, accelerate innovation, and capture transformative growth opportunities across the evolving biopharma landscape.

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Nanotechnology as a Potential Therapeutic Strategy in Breast Cancer Management

Mr. Rahul Pal

Mr. Rahul Pal (Young Scientist), Ass. Prof. Department of Pharmacy, Jagannath University, Jaipur, holds B. Pharm, M. Pharm (Pharmaceutics), and PhD* at Chitkara University. He has authored 50+ publications, 8 textbooks, 12 edited book, secured 38 patents, 3 copyrights, received the Young Researcher Award (2025), and actively contributes as reviewer, editor, and speaker in national and international academic forums.

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Innovative Tool For Drug Design And Development

Subash Senthil

S.Subash awarded 2 best poster presentation awards and secured 1st place in Poster presentation. I published three articles in national and international peer reviewed journal. And, also attend many conferences to upgrade knowledge.

 

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Pfizer and Blackstone Life Sciences Announce Strategic Funding Agreement for Obesity Program

Pfizer Inc NYSE PFE and Blackstone Life Sciences Blackstone today announced a strategic cofunding agreement under which funds managed by Blackstone will pay up to a total of billion of development

Circio and Solid Biosciences enter collaboration to evaluate circVec and POLARIS-101 technology for Genetic Heart Disease

Circio Holding ASA OSE CRNA a biotechnology company developing novel circular RNA expression technology for gene and cell therapy today announces a research collaboration with Solid Biosciences Inc

EirGenix and Merck enter Partnership to Strengthen Global Biologics Development Through Integrated BioReliance® Testing and Regulatory Support

EirGenix Inc and Merck have signed a nonlegally binding memorandum of understanding MOU to support EirGenixs IND and BLA enabling biologics pipeline development The MOU outlines Merck as one of EirGenixs preferred contract testing services vendors providing comprehensive BioReliance services

ProBio Enters Exclusive Global Licensing Agreement with AbTis to Develop Next-Generation ADC Asset

ProBio a global contract research development and manufacturing organization CRDMO today announced that it has entered into an exclusive global licensing agreement with AbTis Co Ltd

AGC Biologics partners with Child’s Cure Genetic Research to pursue mRNA-based therapeutic for severe epileptic disorder

In a world where patients with CDKL deficiencies can suffer to epileptic seizures a day a contract biopharmaceutical manufacturer and a parentfounded foundation will partner on earlystage

Rakovina Therapeutics Secures Exclusive Worldwide Licence to Artemis.AI™ Platform for DNA-Damage Response Oncology Drug Discovery

Rakovina Therapeutics Inc TSXV RKV FSE JO OTCMKTS RKVTF a biopharmaceutical company advancing innovative cancer therapies through AIpowered drug discovery today announced

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Natera Enters into Collaboration with Incyte for Phase II Trial in Colorectal Cancer

Natera a precision medicine company has entered into a clinical collaboration with Incyte to support a new Phase II study evaluating an investigational treatment for colorectal cancer CRC

Shionogi Enters into Licence Agreement with Link for Antibiotic Cefiderocol

Shionogi has entered into a licence agreement with Link Healthcare Singapore to develop and commercialise cefiderocol in Singapore and Malaysia

IDEL Therapeutics Partners with Daiichi Sankyo to Develop Multi-Drug Conjugates for Solid Tumours

IDEL Therapeutics has entered into a global research collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo to evaluate a multidrug conjugate MDC using iDELs synthetic shuttle platform for the treatment of selected solid tumours The multiyear collaboration will focus on the preclinical evaluation of a new class of MDCs...

Bayer’s Asundexian Receives Approval for Secondary Stroke Prevention

Bayer has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration FDA for asundexian mg tablets marketed under the brand name Sunharbo to reduce the risk of recurrent stroke in adults following a recent noncardioembolic ischaemic stroke or highrisk transient ischaemic attack TIA

Johnson & Johnson Receives Approval for RYBREVANT FASPRO to Treat Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

Johnson Johnson has received accelerated approval from the US Food and Drug Administration FDA for RYBREVANT FASPRO amivantamab and hyaluronidaselpuj to treat adults with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma HNSCC

Boehringer Ingelheim Enters into Partnership with SBP Group to Advance Next-Generation Cancer Therapies

Boehringer Ingelheim and Sino Biopharmaceutical SBP Group have entered into a multiprogram partnership to develop potential nextgeneration cancer treatments using antibodydrug conjugate ADC and Tcell engager TcE technologies