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Merck will assess Quris’ AI ‘patient-on-a-chip’ drug safety

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German drugmaker Merck KGaA has reached an agreement to pilot an artificial intelligence platform developed by Quris that aims to identify potential safety problems with new therapeutic candidates as early as possible in the drug discovery process.

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In the News: October Regulatory and Development Updates

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When the FDA requires a product’s labeling to include a boxed warning (also called a “black box warning” because the text is surrounded by black border), the potential market value of the drug often drops severely. Presumably, Antares’ long-established 90-person urology sales force can achieve pull-thru of this drug product.

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Gene editing: beyond the hype

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Genome editing is an exciting but still nascent field, and companies in the area face as many obstacles as they do opportunities. Sangamo CEO Sandy Macrae told us how his company is being cautious about the hype and finding ways to be financially viable in an emerging space. Zinc fingers. billion in funding.

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Pioneering access to complex generic products 

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Originator pharma companies are developing ever more complex products, which are transforming the medical landscape, but their cost places an increasing burden on healthcare budgets worldwide. In the meantime, the absence of generics is costing payors and patients billions of dollars in unnecessary additional healthcare expenditure.

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What an innovation centre means for 3D biology

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DDW Editor Reece Armstrong learns about Molecular Devices’ Organoid Innovation Centre (OIC) and how the company is aiming to advance research into 3D biology and organoids. . Therefore, while researchers can understand just how a drug molecule impacts a cell, they can’t be sure that it will perform the same when used in-vivo. .

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How AI in pharma can live up to the hype 

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Ben Folwell, Principal Consultant at Citeline, maps out how AI, swarm learning and open access to clinical data could revolutionise drug discovery. . Its application in pharma, most commonly in drug discovery, has been steadily growing with global partnerships between tech vendors and pharma companies becoming more commonplace.

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The building blocks of AI success stories

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AI in drug discovery Answering the question of where technology is being implemented to progress the drug discovery process, Tarselli says: “You know that what everyone wants to say right now is AI (artificial intelligence). It’s not fully standardised, so companies still do some boutique work. For a patient?

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