News for November 2020

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Stelis starts next phase of investment into its biologics manufacturing facility Stelis starts next phase of investment into its biologics manufacturing facility

Leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), Stelis BioSource™, a division of Stelis Biopharma Pvt. Ltd., has started the next phase of its continued investment program after having already invested well over $100m into its facilities in Bangalore, India.

APEIRON Biologics AG and Domainex Ltd announce the expansion of their partnership to progress targeted cancer immune therapy drug discovery APEIRON Biologics AG and Domainex Ltd announce the expansion of their partnership to progress targeted cancer immune therapy drug discovery

Integrated lead optimisation to advance APEIRON’s Cbl-b inhibitor development programme APN431; Inhibitors discovered at Domainex via virtual and fragment screening

Launch of new guidance to improve epilepsy treatment for people with learning disabilities Launch of new guidance to improve epilepsy treatment for people with learning disabilities

RSM webinar: Tuesday 17 November, 10.00am to 4.15pmSession introducing new guidance: 1.00pm

Affibody AB to commence trial of its the novel bispecific IL-17A inhibitor ABY-035 in patients with psoriatic arthritis Affibody AB to commence trial of its the novel bispecific IL-17A inhibitor ABY-035 in patients with psoriatic arthritis

Solna, Sweden, November 10, 2020. Affibody AB (“Affibody”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced the initiation of its 52-week trial investigating the novel bispecific IL-17A inhibitor ABY-035 in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Optibrium Enters Cheminformatics Collaboration with MSD Optibrium Enters Cheminformatics Collaboration with MSD

The collaboration will see the integration of Optibrium’s StarDrop software as a central component of MSD’s global drug discovery infrastructure

£1M deal helps Talking Medicines scale-up data tech platform £1M deal helps Talking Medicines scale-up data tech platform

Talking Medicines, the world’s first social intelligence company for the pharmaceutical industry, has received a significant boost with a £1.1 million funding deal to scale up its AI-based data technology platform for measuring patient sentiment.

eTheRNA extends mRNA contract manufacturing services eTheRNA extends mRNA contract manufacturing services

High throughput research grade material to GMP production batches

NanoMab receives MHRA approval to commence a Phase 2 Clinical Study to investigate PD-L1 expression using its NM-01 product as a tool for non-invasive in vivo imaging. NanoMab receives MHRA approval to commence a Phase 2 Clinical Study to investigate PD-L1 expression using its NM-01 product as a tool for non-invasive in vivo imaging.

London, November 4th, 2020: NanoMab Technology Limited, a privately held biopharmaceutical company focussing on cancer precision therapies, today announced that it had received CTA Acceptance from the Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to carry out a Phase II clinical Study for its NM-01 product.

Inaugural International Testa Challenge 2020 attracts bioprocess, tech- and digital innovators Inaugural International Testa Challenge 2020 attracts bioprocess, tech- and digital innovators

Inaugural 2020 Testa Challenge held in Sweden for bioprocessing innovators

Bruntwood Scitech’s Alderley Park Launches Breakthrough Oncology Development Programme in Collaboration With Cancer Research UK, Innovate UK, Medicines Discovery Catapult and Global Pharma and Healthcare Companies Bruntwood Scitech’s Alderley Park Launches Breakthrough Oncology Development Programme in Collaboration With Cancer Research UK, Innovate UK, Medicines Discovery Catapult and Global Pharma and Healthcare Companies

The national programme, to develop and progress start-up oncology projects, is being launched by Bruntwood SciTech at Alderley Park - the UK’s largest single site life science campus - with funding from Innovate UK and Cancer Research UK. It comprises a unique collaboration of global pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, research institutions and public bodies will identify oncology innovations and leverage their combined insight and expertise to nurture them into investment ready start-ups. Its goal is to bring forward viable oncology projects much more quickly in order to significantly increase their likelihood of commercial success. The Oncology Development Programme aims to find and develop innovations that improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer

The Current issue of “The view from here” is concerned with Medicinal Chemistry and Disease Models The Current issue of “The view from here” is concerned with Medicinal Chemistry and Disease Models

The topic of this month’s newsletter from Drug Discovery Today is “Medicinal Chemistry and Disease Models”.