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Merck

Staff Engineer, Manufacturing Science and Technology, South East Asia
Karen Chan is a process engineer at Merck Pte Ltd Chan has six years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and two years of experience in research development She provides technical support in areas such as process development troubleshooting and technical training for downstream processes Chan holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore

Articles

Determinants of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research in South East Asia

In the year Alexander Fleming made an outstanding medical history by discovering penicillin which helped to combat numerous deadly infections which previously had serious consequences upon human lives

Research Insights

Spectrophotometric And Spectroscopic Studies On Charge Transfer Complexes Of Antifungal Drug Clotrimazole

Abstract Clotrimazole CLZ is an imidazole derivative which is therapeutically used as an antifungal drug The routine control analysis of CLZ requires rapid reliable accurate and precise methods for the quantification of drug in its pharmaceutical formulations Spectrophotometric methods are presented for the determination of antifungal agent which were bas

Case Studies

Ambient Stable Biologics - Stable Aqueous Erythropoietin

Challenge Erythropoietin EPO is known to aggregate under heat stress which prevents storage of liquid compositions at ambient temperature The key challenge of this study was to demonstrate that the application of the ArestatT tools can reduce significantly aggregation of EPO at an elevated temperature compared with a marketed liquid formulation

Techno Trends

Bristol Myers Squibb Developed First-in class LPA1 Treatment for Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis

Bristol Myers Squibb has developed BMS a potential firstinclass oral lysophosphatidic acid receptor LPA antagonist for the treatment of progressive pulmonary fibrosis

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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Repurposed Drugs against the Latest Variants of Concerns of SARS-CoV-2

Sinosh Skariyachan

Sinosh Skariyachan Ph.D. is presently working as Assistant Professor in Microbiology at St. Pius X College, Rajapuram  (Aided by Govt. of Kerala, India), Kasaragod, Kerala, India with more than 17 years of experience in teaching and research. One of his key areas of research is computational drug discovery and medicinal chemistry. He has published more than 75 international papers, book chapters, and text books. He is the editor of prestigious journals such as Computers in Biology and Medicine (Elsevier), Frontiers in Microbiology and a referee for more than 125 international journals. He received several awards and grants.

 

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Envisioning the Biomanufacturing Facility of the Future

Merrilee Whitney

Merrilee is the Head of the BioContinuum™ Platform, driving the strategy and execution of Process Intensification Technologies, Software & Automation, and Analytics to meet the needs of biologics manufacturers. Throughout her 15 years at MilliporeSigma, she managed multiple product lines including clarification, aseptic, virus filtration, and Single Use & Systems.

 

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Redefining Therapeutics

Mads Hald Andersen

Professor Mads Hald Andersen, DMSc, DScTech, PhD, is Director of the National Center for Cancer Immune Therapy, CCIT-DK, at Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Denmark. He discovered tumor microenvironment antigens and anti-regulatory T cells and defined their role in immune regulation. He initiated the immune modulatory vaccine concept and has authored more than 250 publications and 25 patents.

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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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QSAR - Changing the Landscape of Antidiabetic Drug Discovery

Smriti Sharma

Smriti Sharma Bhatia is an associate professor of chemistry at Miranda House, University of Delhi, India.  Her academic and research interests include Computational chemistry and drug design. Currently, her research group is focused on the design of oral drug formulations for Type 2 diabetes mellitus. She is a popular science communicator.

 

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Teva and Samsung Bioepis Enter Commercialization Agreement for OPUVIZ®, a Biosimilar Referencing Eylea (aflibercept), in Canada

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd NYSE and TASE TEVA and Samsung Bioepis Co Ltd today announced that the companies have entered into a license and commercialization agreement for OPUVIZ aflibercept

WuXi Biologics’ MFG8 Drug Substance Facility Secures FDA PLI Approval, Advancing Commercial Supply of a Potential Blockbuster Autoimmune Therapy

WuXi Biologics HK a leading global Contract Research Development and Manufacturing Organization CRDMO announced that its MFG drug substance manufacturing facility located in Hebei

Everest Medicines Announces Close of Exclusive Licensing Agreement with Travere Therapeutics for Civorebrutinib

Everest Medicines HKEX HK announced the closing of its previously announced exclusive licensing and collaboration agreement with Travere Therapeutics Inc NASDAQ TVTX for the development

Fischer Medical Ventures Highlights Strategic Partnership as NYB.AI Showcased at NVIDIA GTC Taiwan 2026

Fischer Medical Ventures Limited FMVL today announced that its strategic partner Nanyang Biologics has achieved a significant international milestone with its AIpowered molecular research platform NYBAI

RoslinCT and BlueRock Therapeutics Partner to Expand Access to Clinical-Grade Pluripotent Cell Lines for Cell Therapy Developers

RoslinCT a leading global cell therapy Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization today announced a strategic partnership with BlueRock Therapeutics a leader in stem cell therapeutic development

Merck Announces FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Enpatoran in Lupus Patients With Active Skin Manifestations

Merck a leading science and technology company today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to enpatoran for the treatment of lupus with active

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