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AbbVie announces acquisition of DJS Antibodies for $255m

Pharmaceutical Technology

AbbVie has announced the acquisition of UK-based biotechnology firm DJS Antibodies for nearly $255m in cash at closing. DJS focuses on the discovery and development of antibody therapies that act on difficult-to-drug disease-causing proteins, such as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).

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Three trends in the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) marketĀ 

Drug Discovery World

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are biopharmaceutical products in which a monoclonal antibody (mAB) is linked to a small molecule drug with a stable linker 1. Financing When it comes to looking to the future in the drug discovery industry, an important question to ask is: Where is the money?

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Advancing antibody discovery with AI

Drug Discovery World

DenovAI is the second start-up to launch from the global pharma consortium AION Labs – an organisation that aims to improve the drug discovery and development process through the use of AI and other computational technologies. RA: How laborious and expensive are current antibody discovery efforts? KS: In short, incredibly so.

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Ubiquigent obtains exclusive license for UbiSite technology

Drug Discovery World

UK-based company Ubiquigent has signed an exclusive license with the University of Southern Denmark for its UbiSite technology. UbiSite will form a new component in Ubiquigentā€™s deubiquitylase (DUB) and ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) focused drug discovery platform.

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Efficiently develop antibody-based therapeutics

Drug Discovery World

In the Quality by Design (QbD) approach to antibody-based therapeutics development, stability characterisation ā€”the probability of a protein unfolding or denaturingā€” is performed to ensure that structure and function are preserved throughout development and manufacturing. . Approaches for monoclonal antibody formulation .

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Exploring the Miracle Antibody Drug Conjugate Technologies

Roots Analysis

With fourteen approved drugs and several drug candidates being evaluated under different stages of development, antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) are now recognized as a potent class of targeted therapeutics. In this context, the role of the linker molecule and the conjugation technology used is pivotal.

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License agreement with KYM Biosciences for CMG901, a Claudin-18.2 antibody drug conjugate, completed

The Pharma Data

AstraZeneca has completed an exclusive global license agreement with KYM Biosciences Inc. i for CMG901, a potential first-in-class antibody drug conjugate (ADC) targeting Claudin 18.2, Notes CMG901 CMG901 is a novel antibody drug conjugate targeting Claudin 18.2, a promising therapeutic target in gastric cancers.