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Novel compound to kill malaria parasites developed by researchers
A collaborative team has developed a compound called WM382, which targets two crucial enzymes in the malaria parasite, effectively killing it.
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ELRIG Drug Discovery 2019: looking back to the future
On 5-6 November, ACC Liverpool hosted the ELRIG Drug Discovery event, which allowed R&D professionals to come together and discuss the latest industry developments.
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Collaboration to discover MND treatments announced
MSD and the Francis Crick Institute will work together on a project to identify disease targets for motor neuron disease.
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Genmab appoints Judith Klimovsky as Chief Development Officer
The biotechnology company Genmab announced today the appointment of Judith Klimovsky, MD, as Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer.
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Ablynx extends ion channel research collaboration with MSD to develop nanobodies
17 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
The extension agreement will trigger a €1 million payment to Ablynx, and MSD will extend their funding of the research collaboration to September 2018...
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Chronos Therapeutics appoints new VPs for MS and PTSD research
4 August 2016 | By Niamh Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Chronos Therapeutics, a biotech company researching ageing diseases, brain and nervous system disorders, have announced the appointment of Dr Fraser Murray and Dr Timothy Schulz-Utermoehl, as Vice Presidents of Pre-Clinical Development...
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A*STAR and MSD team up to advance peptide therapeutics
19 July 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott
A*STAR and MSD have formed a two year collaboration aimed at improving cellular delivery of macrocyclic peptides...
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MSD and Moderna to develop personalised cancer vaccines
29 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Moderna and MSD will develop personalised cancer vaccines that utilise Moderna’s mRNA vaccine technology to encode a patient’s specific neoantigens...
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AbCellera and MSD enter antibody collaboration
28 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Under the agreement, AbCellera will apply its high-throughput antibody discovery platform to identify antibodies that specifically modulate target function...
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An interview with Elaine Pinheiro, Principal Scientist at MSD, speaker at the Advances in Immuno-oncology Congress, 12-13 May 2016, London, UK
13 January 2016 | By Oxford Global
Ahead of the Advances in Immuno-oncology Congress, we spoke to Elaine Pinheiro, Principal Scientist at MSD about her group’s work and where the industry is moving at the moment...
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MSD acquires drug discovery company IOmet
12 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The acquisition includes IOmet's comprehensive preclinical pipeline of IDO (indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase 1), TDO (tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase), and dual-acting IDO/TDO inhibitors...
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Complix and MSD team up for cell-penetrating alphabodies
6 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Complix will use its proprietary Alphabody platform to deliver cell-penetrating alphabodies against up to two intracellular cancer targets of interest to MSD...
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Ablynx’s nanobody construct achieves proof-of-concept in tumour model
15 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The nanobody construct binds to two different immune modulators, proteins believed to be targets for the development of important cancer immunotherapies...
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BioMed X and Merck Serono extend collaboration
23 July 2015 | By Victoria White
BioMed X Innovation Centre has extended its collaboration with Merck Serono, the biopharmaceuticals business of Merck, on new approaches for cancer therapy...
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Ablynx expands its immuno-oncology collaboration with MSD
22 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Ablynx has expanded its immuno-oncology collaboration with MSD to address an increased number of immune checkpoint modulator targets...
