News for November 2022

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Aptamer Group opens new state-of-the-art laboratories Aptamer Group opens new state-of-the-art laboratories

The new facilities will support the increased demand for Optimer technology.Baroness Susan Greenfield opened the new site and presented on the challenges in scientific discovery

Co-crystallization in drug development ~ Exploring the benefits of co-crystals ~ Co-crystallization in drug development ~ Exploring the benefits of co-crystals ~

Over the last decade, co-crystallization has become an attractive alternative to improve the physiochemical properties of drugs without affecting their pharmacology. As a result of the pharmaceutical benefits co-crystals exhibit, industrial interest is on the rise. Here Dr. Thomas Kendall, application specialist at crystallization and solid-state specialist Technobis Crystallization Systems, gives a perspective on the benefits of co-crystals and explains how they can be screened.

Shionogi, Active Citizenship Network and MEPS Advocate for Urgent Policy Implementation In EU Member States at EU Parliament Event to Address the Growing Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance Shionogi, Active Citizenship Network and MEPS Advocate for Urgent Policy Implementation In EU Member States at EU Parliament Event to Address the Growing Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance

Last week, Shionogi partnered with the Active Citizenship Network and members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to host an EU Parliament event calling for collaboration to drive policy change and implementation in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within the EU and member states. Urgent action is needed to encourage and support the discovery and development of novel antibiotics as well as access models that reward innovation and appropriate use to address the growing threat of AMR.

Lab Innovations celebrates its ten year anniversary in style Lab Innovations celebrates its ten year anniversary in style

98 per cent of exhibitors sign up for Lab Innovations 2023 after a record breaking event this year

IBM and Algorithmiq join forces to pave the way toward useful quantum advantage for quantum chemistry IBM and Algorithmiq join forces to pave the way toward useful quantum advantage for quantum chemistry

Collaboration with innovative Finnish software company to explore how to reduce the time and cost of drug discovery and development using quantum computers

Discovery Park celebrates 10 years and plans to double jobs over the next decade Discovery Park celebrates 10 years and plans to double jobs over the next decade

The team behind the success of one the country’s largest science and innovation park has announced its plans to grow and double the number of people employed on site as it celebrates a decade of delivering jobs and investment in the South East.

Nerve cell discovery may lead to better treatment for diseases of the nervous system Nerve cell discovery may lead to better treatment for diseases of the nervous system

A discovery that may improve treatment options for patients with neurodegenerative diseases has been made by scientists at King’s College London and the University of Bath.

The collaboration combines Salipro Biotech’s unique expertise and its Salipro® platform technology to stabilize a challenging drug target with Sanofi’s drug discovery programs to move forward the generation of biologics. The collaboration combines Salipro Biotech’s unique expertise and its Salipro® platform technology to stabilize a challenging drug target with Sanofi’s drug discovery programs to move forward the generation of biologics.

Stockholm, Sweden, November 8, 2022 – Swedish biotech company Salipro Biotech AB today announced that it has entered into a research collaboration and license agreement with Sanofi on the discovery of therapeutic biologics against a challenging drug target.

Publication in Nature Chemistry Demonstrates the Benefits of Native Mass Spectrometry in the Interrogation of Target Ecosystems and Drug Discovery Publication in Nature Chemistry Demonstrates the Benefits of Native Mass Spectrometry in the Interrogation of Target Ecosystems and Drug Discovery

Joint publication in Nature Chemistry between OMass Therapeutics’ scientists and co-founder Professor Dame Carol Robinson’s team at Oxford University. Data demonstrates the ability of native mass spectrometry (MS) to interrogate the pharmacology of the beta-1 adrenergic receptor (ß1AR), a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). Discovery of endogenous zinc ion as a positive allosteric modulator in well studied receptor exemplifies the potential of native MS to uncover novel insights that may be important for drug discovery

The Current issue of “The view from here” is concerned with Drug delivery The Current issue of “The view from here” is concerned with Drug delivery

The topic of this month’s newsletter from Drug Discovery Today is “Drug Delivery”.

International research coalition verifies safe surgical access to the central core of the human cochlea for the very first time International research coalition verifies safe surgical access to the central core of the human cochlea for the very first time

A team of surgeons and scientists from the UK, Sweden and Canada, funded by Rinri Therapeutics, has confirmed secure surgical access to the central core of the human cochlea The research, published in Scientific Reports, is critical to the first in-human trials of new cell, gene and drug therapies for the inner ear, and will assist with treatment for improving hearing loss and deafness over the long-term

North West chemical manufacturer secures £2.2m to supercharge growth North West chemical manufacturer secures £2.2m to supercharge growth

Chemical manufacturer LCC has raised £2.2m of investment from a panel of regional investors, to expand its team and continue its global operation from the UK.

Enhanced pacemaker developer Ceryx Medical wins prestigious Institute of Physics award Enhanced pacemaker developer Ceryx Medical wins prestigious Institute of Physics award

University of Bath spin-out hailed for revolutionary development to provide world’s first curative therapy for heart failure

Patient-specific cancer tumours replicated in 3D bioprinting advance Patient-specific cancer tumours replicated in 3D bioprinting advance

Bowel cancer patients could in future benefit from a new 3D bioprinting technology which would use their own cells to replicate the complex cellular environment of solid tumours in 3D models. The University of Bristol-led advance, published in Biofabrication, would allow clinicians to treat the models, known as spheroids, with chemotherapy drugs and radiation to help them understand an individual patient’s resistance to therapies.

ROME Therapeutics and Enara Bio to Host Inaugural Dark Genome Symposium Convening Industry and Academic Leaders to Catalyze Therapeutic Application of Dark Genome Research ROME Therapeutics and Enara Bio to Host Inaugural Dark Genome Symposium Convening Industry and Academic Leaders to Catalyze Therapeutic Application of Dark Genome Research

BOSTON, Mass. and Oxford, UK – November 2, 2022 – ROME Therapeutics and Enara Bio, two leading biotechnology companies focused on developing novel medicines driven by insights to the dark genome, today announced that they will host the inaugural Dark Genome Symposium on Monday, November 7, 2022 at ROME’s headquarters in Boston. This one-day event brings together leaders from academia, biotech and pharma working on the dark genome to share knowledge, opportunities, applications and challenges to solve as a community.