EDITORIAL SECTION

Articles

The Growing Role of Real-World Evidence in European Drug Development

For decades the randomised controlled trial has been the gold standard of pharmaceutical evidence in Europe and it still is Yet the evidence that shapes a medicines journey from laboratory to patient is no longer confined to the controlled world of the trial protocol Electronic health records disease registries insurance claims biobanks and patientreported data are now being mobilised at continent...

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

Pharmaceutical Marketing in the Digital Age: Strategies and Challenges

Currently there is a great advancement in the use of technological solutions particularly under the modern pharma digital era Therefore with increase in knowledge dissemination through internet among the citizenry due to enhanced technology

Why is Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics Important?

In a world of increasingly personalized medicine the fields of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics are gaining importance These disciplines explore the relationship between an individuals genetic makeup

Plant-derived Edible Nanoparticles in Delivering Cancer Drugs: Fact or Fad?

Plantderived edible nanoparticles PDENPs are nanosizedvesicles obtained from edible plants such as grapefruit curcumin ginger broccoli and lemon They contain miRNAs bioactive lipids and proteins which play an important role in cell signaling regulation of plant immunity and transport of bioactive molecules into mammalian cells As the world attempts to overcome

How to Mitigate Operational Risks in the Pharma Industry?

The operation of the pharmaceutical industry has significant risks with the most probable being operational risks These risks include supply chain interruption regulatory non compliance product defects technological disruption The development of strategies to avoid compromise in operations remains paramount not only in protecting the customers from harm or receiving

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

whitepaper

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