Summary: The opportunity for new antibody biosmilar products is clear. By the end of this decade key patents currently protecting five monoclonal antibodies, each with sales in the neighborhood of a billion dollars a year will have expired, and companies are queuing up for a piece of the market...

Summary: With the increasing complexity of biologics and growing competition with players ranging from small start-ups to large pharma, an aggressive development timeline is required to bring your biologic drug to clinic faster...

Summary: The biopharmaceutical market has seen incredible growth. American Pharmaceutical Review conducted industry round table with experts to share their opinion on the market drivers for growth, limiting factors and critical issues. Read the article to get insights on developing and marketing biopharmaceutical...

Summary: Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have become de rigueur for pharmaceutical oncology drug development pipelines. There are more than 40 ADCs undergoing clinical trials and many more in preclinical development. This webinar hosted by Elsevier's Drug Discovery Today presented novel protein modification platform and its application...

Summary: Bioassay automation offers ergonomic relief for scientists, consistent method execution, increased throughput, and reduced full-time equivalent expenditure. Importantly, successful automation programs allow unparalleled efficiency in method transfer to receiving laboratories...

Summary: Advances in single-use bioreactor technologies offer rapid development pathways when combined with creative upstream process development strategies. When aggressive program timelines are required, the application of multiplexed conditions coupled with smart CMC decisions that maximize yields...

Summary: From a virological safety standpoint, biopharmaceuticals have had an excellent safety record. This can be attributed to regulatory and industry initiatives that have worked synergistically...

Summary: Biologic therapy has revolutionized the medical treatment landscape. However, simplicity and ease of administration remains a challenge to achieve long-term patient compliance and optimal therapeutic outcomes. Given the high cost of biologic therapies...

Summary: The use of biosimilars in clinical trials is on the rise. Often tightly controlled or in short supply, sourcing the necessary drugs can be challenging. Given the variability of biosimilars, studies using these products are particularly at risk for supply-related delay and cost overruns unless proactively managed from the beginning...

Summary: The antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) field is in a transitional period. Here, experts from Catalent discuss how pre-clinical work is driving rapid evaluation of how we strategize to improve efficacy and reduce toxicity towards better therapeutic outcomes...