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mRNA and Oligonucleotide Therapeutics: Emerging Synergies in Genetic Medicine

MRNA therapies work by introducing synthetic mRNA encoding a therapeutic protein enabling transient protein expression that can replace deficient enzymes stimulate immune responses or facilitate gene editing This additive approach is beneficial for diseases caused by lossoffunction mutations or when temporary protein expression is desired

Key Stages in Pharmaceutical Formulation Development: A Complete Guide

One of the most significant operations in the field of drug study is pharmaceutical formulation development to ensure that the medications are distributed to the patients without harm and in the most appropriate manner This is a science that involves the transformation of an active pharmaceutical ingredient API into a solid efficient and convenient dosage form To researchers manufacturers and regu...

Advertise Smarter with the 2025 Pharma Focus Europe Media Pack

The internet has forever changed the healthcare industry and it is no longer whether to advertise but how to advertise better in the changing digital world Following the shift of pharma marketing to precision personalization and performance Pharma Focus Europe Media Pack is precisely your prescription to be the best in terms of competing in the European market

Implementing Quality by Design (QbD) in Pharmaceutical Development: Enhancing Product Quality and Regulatory Compliance

Quality by Design QbD stands as a systematic strategy for pharmaceutical development prioritizing predefined product objectives and emphasizing a thorough understanding of both the product and its manufacturing processes This proactive approach integrates quality seamlessly into the development process championing a sciencedriven

Enhancing Drug Quality and Efficiency with Smart Manufacturing

Smart manufacturing development leads the pharmaceutical industry toward a substantial industrial shift Current regulatory oversight has created production cost challenges that manufacturers face while managing drug safety requirements for highquality medicine production What are the methods by which technology can change the production methods of drugs What position does automation and artificial...

Sustainability in Pharma Manufacturing: A Focus on Green Practices

The pharmaceutical industry is pivotal to global healthcare but its manufacturing processes typically carry a significant environmental burden In recent years there has been an increasing recognition of the importance of sustainability in pharmaceutical manufacturing

Techno Trends

Alume Biosciences Secures FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Bevonescein

Alume Biosciences has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation BTD from the US Food and Drug Administration FDA for bevonescein an investigational fluorescent drug being developed to support realtime nerve visualisation during head and neck surgery in adults Bevonescein is an intravenous fluorescent peptidedye conjugate that binds to nerve tissue

Projects

SK pharmteco Plans More Than US$200 Million Investment in Small Molecule and Peptide Manufacturing

SK pharmteco is planning a fiveyear investment of more than US million to expand and modernise its pharmaceutical development and manufacturing operations in the United States The programme will strengthen capabilities for small molecules and peptides while supporting a more

Research Insights

A drug repurposing screen reveals dopamine signaling as a candidate therapeutic pathway for PIGA-CDG

PIGACDG is a congenital disorder of glycosylation caused by pathogenic partial lossoffunction variants in the PIGA gene PIGA encodes an enzyme responsible for the catalytic transfer of Nacetylglucosamine

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Post-Translational Modifications in Drug Discovery: From Molecular Regulation to Clinical Impact

For decades the central dogma of molecular biology has anchored our understanding of cellular function DNA to RNA to protein But this linear view is incomplete A growing body of evidence shows that much of biologys