This is the first of three blog posts discussing best practices for developing oligonucleotides. Interest in oligonucleotide therapies, which are composed of short strands of DNA or RNA, is growing rapidly; there are at least 135 of them currently in development.1 Underscoring their proliferation, a PubMed search for “oligonucleotide therapeutics” generated more than 35,000 hits. … Continued
One of the most exciting things about working in the pharmaceutical industry is the ability to meet and work with colleagues all over the world. In particular, China is one of the fast-growing centers for drug development. Indeed, a report from McKinsey last year estimated the Chinese biopharma market to be worth $130B. I recently … Continued
Read this blog profiling the student scholarship winners for the 28th annual meeting for the Population Approach Group in Europe (PAGE).
This webinar described how the Simcyp pregnancy-PBPK model was used to predict systemic exposure during pregnancy for two probe medications: tacrolimus and oseltamivir.
Modeling and simulation (M&S) has been widely accepted and adopted by biopharmaceutical companies and global regulatory agencies. However, its implementation in clinical care has been modest to date. Model-based approaches are essential to realize the goal of precision dosing—providing the right drug dose to maximize therapeutic benefit, while reducing risk for each individual patient. The … Continued
Did you know that only a small fraction of the tens of thousands of commercially-used chemicals have undergone toxicological assessment? Time and cost constraints, not to mention the ethical impossibility of studying these chemicals in human trials, hamper large-scale toxicological assessment. Physiologically-based toxicokinetic (PBTK) models can be leveraged to predict TK from in vitro measurements … Continued
The topic of this webinar is to introduce mathematical tools to model PK/PD systems with distributed delays.
The modeling and simulation revolution is transforming our approach to drug development. Quantitative pharmacology models can yield valuable insights that help sponsors make better decisions regarding their drug programs. For pharmacometricians to influence decision making, they must be able to effectively communicate. Dr. Joga Gobburu is a Professor at the University of Maryland Schools of … Continued
Officially, Prof. Malcolm Rowland has retired. This scientific pioneer has been helping lay the foundation of a mechanistic understanding of pharmacokinetics since the 1960s. So you might think that he’d be ready for quieter pursuits. But this professor emeritus at the University of Manchester has no plans to stop actively teaching and guiding the pharmaceutical industry’s … Continued
Quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) is an emerging biosimulation technology that is going to increase pharmaceutical R&D productivity. This week at the Roundtable, we’re talking with Dr. Piet van der Graaf, PharmD, PhD about QSP and his vision for how it supports meeting the goal of precision medicine. Dr. van der Graaf is a professor of … Continued
