Wednesday, January 26, 2022 Daily Archives

eBook: Antibody–Drug Conjugates —
A New Generation of Approaches Is Changing the Game

Combining large proteins with linkers and cytotoxins, antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) may be the most complex drug molecules in development today. Despite early promise and product approvals, a number of technical concerns arose during product and process development. Characterizing and ensuring consistency in the number of small molecules that attach to the antibody — as well as ensuring their proper attachment and biophysics — all present significant challenges to ADC developers. Solving early problems associated with product quality has introduced a…

Novartis looks to gene therapy 3.0 with an eye on lowering COGS

Novartis is confident the manufacturing costs of gene therapies will fall as it improves processes and brings on board next generation technologies such as CRISPR and gene editing. Swiss Pharma giant Novartis has “always been a company that is multi-modality in really trying to address an unmet need in a number of diseases,†Shephard Mpofu,  chief medical officer at Novartis Gene Therapies said yesterday. Highlighting the firm’s success in small and large molecules, he reminded delegates at Phacilitate’s Advanced Therapies…