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Digitalising drug discovery

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The oceans of health data out there can be overwhelming for pharma companies to manage – but if extracted correctly, the prospect to develop drugs from scratch in as little as a year is very real, says Lifebit CEO, Dr Maria Chatzou Dunford. . on Big data: astronomical or genomical? ,

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Eisai-backed trial will assess Altoida’s digital test for early Alzheimer’s

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The trial – which will be supported by pharma company Eisai and Ionian University in the US – will see if the test can identify people who have mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer’s disease. ” The post Eisai-backed trial will assess Altoida’s digital test for early Alzheimer’s appeared first on.

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Sandoz, Ares extend digital alliance on antimicrobial resistance

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During the initial stage of the collaboration, Ares developed a an AI-powered anti-infectives platform using microbiological lab techniques and bioinformatics that can be used to identify effective antimicrobial compounds or combinations against specific pathogens, which Sandoz can use to inform its “portfolio and commercial decisions.”

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Open science, genomics, and the quiet revolution in our approach to pharma

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Evan Floden , CEO of Seqera Labs examines how data sharing platforms are impacting cancer and genomics research. Increasingly, major collaborative life sciences projects, like the Human Genome Project or Human Cell Atlas, are driving advancements and organisations – both public and private – are taking note.

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Top 10 Fastest Growing Biotech Companies in 2023

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Now, let’s delve into the list of the top ten fastest growing biotech companies in 2023, ranked by their compound annual growth rate (CAGR). These companies were identified through The Americas’ Fastest-Growing Companies 2023 list by the Financial Times.

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Big pharma companies partner to form AI-based start-up

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Built under a government tender, AION Labs comprises four large international pharma companies – AstraZeneca , Merck, Pfizer , and Teva – and another core partner, the Israel Biotech Fund. At times, companies invest millions of dollars in developing and studying a therapy that may find to be ineffective. The partnership.

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Synthetic biology tools advancing and accelerating drug discovery efforts

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Gene-to-antibody production begins with scientists entering antibody sequences as starting material, after which bioinformatics tools filter out potentially non-viable sequences. Then, using DNA synthesis capabilities, oligo pools encoding for specific domains of the antibody are generated as libraries and cloned into a vector.

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