Tag: drug development

How to Prepare Paediatric Investigational Plans (PIPs) for ATMPs: Key Clinical Science Insights

Paediatric clinical development considerations for ATMPs

Advanced Therapeutic Medicinal Products (ATMPs)—which include gene therapies, cell therapies, and tissue-engineered products — represent a new frontier in medicine, particularly in addressing serious and life-threatening conditions. To ensure that these innovative therapies are safe and effective for children, the preparation of Paediatric Investigational Plans (PIPs) is crucial. Under Paediatric Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006, [1] continue reading…

Antibody-drug conjugates: targeted cancer therapies coming of age

Bert-Jan Haijema Gert Barf CMC Antibody-drug conjugates, ADCs

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are currently at the forefront of the drug development revolution occurring in oncology delivering on the long-standing promise of a highly effective and selective cancer treatment. They are among the fastest-growing drug classes in oncology with a remarkable surge in marketing approvals in recent years. Nine ADCs were FDA approved from 2017 continue reading…

Patient-Driven Drug Development: Does Patient Involvement Truly Improve the Success Rates of New Treatments?

In recent years, the biotechnology industry has seen a transformative shift towards patient-driven drug development. At 3D-PharmXchange, we have experienced firsthand the impact that patient involvement can have on the development of new therapies. It has already been well described that patients bring a unique perspective that often reshapes the design of clinical trials. Their continue reading…

Biomarkers in early drug development

The EMA glossary defines a biological marker, or biomarker, as ‘an objective and quantifiable measure of a physiological process, pathological process or response to a treatment (excluding measurements of how an individual feels or functions)’. Similarly, the FDA defines a biomarker as ‘a defined characteristic that is measured as an indicator of normal biological processes, continue reading…

Evaluation of drug safety does not start at candidate nomination: Create value by de-risking early

Photo of Ruud Bueters. Evaluation of drug safety does not start at candidate nomination

  Drug development is a daunting and difficult task where all the puzzle pieces need to click to result in an efficacious and safe treatment for patients. It is a high-risk endeavor involving many different scientific and non-scientific disciplines over a long period of time. The current estimates to develop a drug are about 2.3 continue reading…

Unleashing the Power of Drug Repurposing

Drug repurposing, also called drug repositioning, reprofiling or retasking, is the process of identifying a new use for an existing medicine/active substance outside the scope of the original indication(s). It includes new therapeutic uses for existing medicines, different formulations of the same medicine, and/or creating new combinations of medicines or medicines with medical devices[1]. Drug continue reading…

Inez de Greef elected to the NAE

NAE fellows 2023

Inez de Greef elected as fellow of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering We are thrilled to announce that Inez de Greef, CEO of Treeway and co-founder and Managing Partner of 3D-PharmXchange, has been elected as a fellow of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering (NAE). The NAE brings together top experts in technological sciences and applied continue reading…