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Ginkgo Bioworks and Merck collaborate to improve biologic manufacturing 

Drug Discovery World

Ginkgo Bioworks and Merck have collaborated to improve the production of biologics. “In particular, we will utilise some of our unique capabilities, such as automated protocols to do predictive ultra high-throughput multiplexed screening, product characterisation and process optimisation. .”

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MorphoSys To Present At the 39th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

The Pharma Data

PLANEGG / MUNICH, GERMANY / ACCESSWIRE / January 11, 2021 / MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment; MDAX & TecDAX; NASDAQ: MOR), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company and a leader in antibody, protein and peptide technologies, announced today that Jean-Paul Kress, M.D., In July 2020, the U.S.

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J&J’s Carvykti and BMS’ Abecma Win FDA Approvals for Earlier Use in Multiple Myeloma

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After backing from the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) last month, Johnson and Johnson (J&J) and Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) scored FDA approvals for the use of their B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-targeting CAR T-cell therapies as earlier line treatment options for multiple myeloma.

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IN FOCUS: Syngene International

Pharmaceutical Technology

Its scope includes Syngene providing integrated drug discovery and development solutions in discovery chemistry and biology, peptide chemistry, antibody and protein reagents, pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism, and pharmaceutical development. until 2026. Syngene’s collaboration with Zoetis started in 2011.

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Overcoming inefficiencies to improve access to cell and gene therapy 

Drug Discovery World

Repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic The idea that the Covid-19 pandemic dramatically affected the CGT supply chain and upturned CGT manufacturing has dominated the conversation in the biotech sector 3. But now, the increased efficiency is likely making drug development cheaper. So what bottlenecks are making CGT so inaccessible?

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Molecular Partners Announces Collaboration With Novartis to Develop Two DARPin(R) Therapies Designed for Potential Use Against COVID-19

The Pharma Data

The collaboration aims to leverage Molecular Partners’ proprietary DARPin® technologies and Novartis’ broad expertise in global drug development, regulatory affairs, manufacturing and commercialization to rapidly advance the program in keeping with the unprecedented global urgency created by the pandemic.

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Molecular Partners Doses First Cohort in Phase 1 Trial of COVID-19 DARPin(R) Therapeutic Candidate MP0420

The Pharma Data

MP0420 is designed to bind the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein at three distinct locations to prevent viral entry into cells. DARPin® therapeutics have been clinically validated through to the registrational stage. DARPin® therapeutics have been clinically validated through to the registrational stage.

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