Drug Research

Ashfield Engage, part of UDG Healthcare plc, announced that it has been selected by US-based Pacira BioSciences, Inc. to provide strategic commercialization services for its non-opioid pain management products in select European countries. Pacira has partnered with Ashfield Engage to...

Drug discovery is a large and growing field, encompassing both ambitious startups and billion-dollar Big Pharma incumbents. Engine Biosciences is one of the former, a Singaporean outfit with an expert founding crew and a different approach to the business...

Samsung Biologics , a leading global CDMO providing end-to-end contract development and manufacturing services, announced its plans to add mRNA vaccine drug substance (DS) manufacturing capability to the current facility in Songdo, ready for cGMP operations within the earlier...

Exscientia, the clinical stage, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven pharmatech company, announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. This expanded collaboration has the potential to add to the Bristol Myers Squibb drug pipeline whilst enhancing...

Agilex Biolabs, Australia’s largest and most technologically advanced specialist bioanalytical laboratory for clinical trials, said biotechs with first-in-human studies can leverage significant quality, speed and cost advantages working with their company TetraQ toxicology for pre-clinical research in Australia. TetraQ is...

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. announced that it has entered into a royalty-free, non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreement with Eli Lilly and Company ("Lilly") for the manufacture and commercialization of the drug, baricitinib, in India. The drug baricitinib has received restricted emergency...

The protein-based vaccine candidate NVX-CoV2373 is made from the genetic sequence of the first SARS-CoV-2 strain. It is adjuvanted with the company’s saponin-based Matrix-M to boost immune response and neutralising antibodies. The candidate proved to offer a high level...