Pharmaceutical Manufacturing »

[6 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 86 views]
BTI partners GSK

A*STAR’s Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) and GSK Biologicals SA Belgium have recently sealed an agreement to collaborate in three vaccine and adjuvant system related research projects. This partnership aims to bring new approaches to vaccine development and production.
With biologics becoming increasingly profitable with growth in sales doubling that of traditional pharmaceuticals, BTI’s work on characterizing [...]

Research Commercialization »

[5 Feb 2009 | One Comment | 111 views]
ABC of Translational Research

What is it?
“Translational research transforms scientific discoveries arising from laboratory, clinical, or population studies into clinical applications…” – definition from Translational Research Working Group (TRWG) .
Discoveries generally kick off as basic research on the “bench”, but it is important to translate these marvelous progresses to the patient’s “bedside”, on a clinical level. Thus, as rightfully [...]