Tracking and Trending the Performance of Validated QC Methods

Producing cGMP biopharmaceutical products requires controlled, consistent performance of the manufacturing process. cGMP also requires controlled, consistent performance of analytical test methods. cGMP validation studies are conducted to confirm the performance capabilities of the...

Understanding the risk of NMS in young patients

A new study in the peer-reviewed Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology estimated the incidence of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS), a potentially fatal adverse effect of antipsychotic treatment, among individuals ages 5-24 years.Wayne Ray, PhD, from...

Study highlights disparities in stroke burden across regions

Although stroke is highly preventable and treatable, there has been a rapid rise in the global stroke burden between 1990 and 2021, due to both population growth and the rise of aging populations worldwide,...

The Great Pharma Wasteland

The pharmaceutical industry is well known for being one of the most inefficient industries globally. Numerous studies, including Steve Paul’s famous 2010 paper, the Tufts Cost study, and multiple landmark papers from the St....

A novel approach to biomolecule engineering

Thanks to a serendipitous discovery and a lot of painstaking work, scientists can now build biohybrid molecules that combine the homing powers of DNA with the broad functional repertoire of proteins -; without having...

The State of AI in Drug Discovery 2024

REGISTER NOW Broadcast Date:  Wednesday, October 30, 2024Time:  8:00 am PT, 11:00 am ET, 16:00 CET Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning are transforming the worlds of biotechnology and pharma, particularly in the...

LabVantage named Global LIMS Company of the year by Frost & Sullivan

LabVantage Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services, including purpose-built LIMS platforms enabling rapid deployment at reduced costs, today announced it has been awarded the prestigious Company of the Year Award in...

Bloodstream Infections from Combat Injuries Focus of DARPA-Funded Prophylactic Approach

Bloodstream infections (BSIs) can be uniquely challenging in trauma victims who are affected by burn and blast injuries—and this is particularly true for fungal infections. DARPA’s (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) new SHIELD (Synthetic Hemo-technologies...

Breakthrough in artificial sugars could revolutionize disease diagnosis and treatment

Scientists have found a way to create artificial sugars that could lead to better ways to diagnose and treat diseases more accurately than ever before. Image Credit: The University of Manchester Sugars play a...

Study identifies common misuses of spike-in normalization

Researchers at University of California San Diego have published new guidelines that could help scientists significantly improve their results when quantifying the interactions between DNA and proteins. Understanding these interactions is critical to our...