From The Editor

  1. How Creative Licensing Can Improve Patient Access 11/16/2023

    Members of Caring Cross and UC Berkeley's Innovative Genomics Institute and Office of IP And Industry Research Alliances discuss the important role technology transfer offices (TTOs) play in improving ATMP accessibility. TTOs can accomplish this by designing "strings-attached" research and licensing deals upstream in product development.

  2. Legal And IP Protection For New Biotechs 10/31/2023

    Want to ensure you've got your biotech legal, IP, and patent bases covered? Join Business of Biotech host Matt Pillar and BlueSphere Bio CEO and biotech legal expert Keir LoIacono on 11/13 for the live, interactive, and FREE digital event Legal And IP Protection For New Biotechs. 

  3. Targeting The Gut–Brain Axis With Live Biotherapeutic Products 9/8/2023

    Treating seizures with bacteria — Bloom Science's CEO, Dr. Christopher Reyes, explains how his company aims to leverage the gut–brain axis using live biotherapeutic products (LBP).

  4. ADC Advancements Allowing For Higher DAR 8/22/2023

    A high drug-antibody-ratio (DAR) used to mean higher off-target toxicity for ADCs. Now, thanks to improvements in linker technology and antibody targeting, higher DARs can allow for improved efficacy.

  5. How Linker Technology Is Driving ADC Development 8/4/2023

    If you’re still not excited about antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), “there’s an issue with you.” That’s the passionate, bullish sentiment (jokingly) held by Dr. Joe Daccache, project leader at DeciBio. Here, Daccache explains how innovations in linker technology are advancing the field of ADCs.

  6. Tech-Heavy Drug Discovery Yields Deep Pipeline 8/3/2023

    Recursion Cofounder and CEO, Chris Gibson, Ph.D. is creating a map of human biology comparable to Google’s ongoing effort to map every street on the planet. He shared why that's so important, and how it's informing Recursion's rapid drug discovery efforts.

  7. Engineering Antibodies In A Box? 7/27/2023

    Machines aren’t smart enough to engineer optimal, disease-specific antibodies without data that’s properly generated, captured, and structured. That’s why LabGenius Founder Dr. James Field says the key to success is neither human-derived data, nor machine-enabled design. It’s the organizational engineering feat of bringing the two together.

  8. Why RNA Is Good For Business 7/3/2023

    Early last year, Nutcracker Therapeutics landed a $170 million Series C to further its work developing an RNA drug development platform. Learn how scientist-turned Chief Business Officer Geoff Nosrati is lifting the company above the cacophony of companies rallying around the therapeutic potential of RNA.

  9. Key Biomanufacturing Ingredient In Short Supply 6/26/2023

    Biopharma supply chains and manufacturing capacity are on the comeback trail, but one of the key requirements for sustainable development and manufacturing success remains elusive. NIIMBL Workforce Director John Balchunas shares perspective from a unique vantage point.

  10. Considerations For Licensing Platforms From Universities 6/16/2023

    Even the best platforms and technologies don’t come out of universities IND-ready. Just ask Coeptis Therapeutics, which recently licensed the novel CAR-T platform, SNAP-CAR, from the University of Pittsburgh. Coeptis’ Dave Mehalick, and Dan Yerace discuss the licensing agreement and the growing pains to expect when preparing a new platform for an IND.