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

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Quris’ BioAI safety prediction platform – which is based on human tissue samples on chips, nanosensors and machine learning – will be compared to traditional in vitro and in vivo laboratory techniques for spotting toxicity.

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Pioneering access to complex generic products 

Drug Discovery World

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

Drug Discovery World

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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Turning science into business: An optimised alternative to antibodies

Drug Discovery World

From humble beginnings in the founder’s basement, UK-based Aptamer Group is now supplying its Optimer binders to clients across big pharma. Addressing this need in the market has allowed us penetration to work with 75% of the top twenty pharma companies. DDW’s Diana Spencer caught up with co-founder and CEO Dr Arron Tolley.

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Fibrosis research: Advances and challenges 

Drug Discovery World

Fibrocor is on track to complete all IND-enabling work to support IND filing and initiation of clinical trials in 2024. Phase I of the clinical program will dose healthy volunteers with single ascending doses of FIB992 before proceeding to a multiple ascending dose study where the drug is administered for a two-week period.

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Transitioning Between Academia and Industry: Advice from Leading Scientists That Made the Switch

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To gain insight into the motivations, steps and experiences involved in an academia to industry — or vice versa — transition, Xtalks spoke to several leading scientists and entrepreneurs in pharma and biotech who successfully transitioned from academic positions to leadership roles in industry settings. Key Moments.