Stuart R. Gallant, MD, PhD A pharmaceutical company begins development of a new drug by screening dozens or even thousands of molecules to find the…
Pre-Clinical
The 4 Axes of Drug Development Readiness
Stuart R. Gallant, MD, PhD In the earliest stages of drug research, scientists conduct bench experiments at a university or in a corporate pharmaceutical research…
Plant-Based Drug Discovery—Nature’s Pharmacy
Stuart R. Gallant, MD, PhD Before there was a pharmaceutical industry, humans looked to plants as source of medicines. Today’s post focuses on medicines derived…
Trends in Pharmaceutical Autoinjector Design and Use
Stuart R. Gallant, MD, PhD In today’s post, some important aspects of development and manufacture of combination products with pharmaceutical autoinjectors are considered. Pharmaceutical autoinjectors…
Investing in Pharmaceutical Startups
Stuart R. Gallant, MD, PhD PharmaTopo recently posted on the topic of founding a pharmaceutical startup. Today’s post looks at pharmaceutical startups from the investor’s…
Founding a Pharma Startup
Stuart R. Gallant, MD, PhD In the late 1950s, electronics scientists and engineers like Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Eugene Kleiner invented the idea that…
Oral Delivery of Protein Drugs
Stuart R. Gallant, MD, PhD Proteins and peptides are commonly delivered subcutaneously and by infusion; however, these approaches have disadvantages. Among the chief problems are:…
Selecting and Working With a Contract Manufacturer
Stuart R. Gallant, MD, PhD The Convention on Pharmaceutical Ingredients (CPhI) was just held in Frankfurt. As the self-described “leading networking event for pharmaceutical industry,”…
Pharmaceutical Decision Making and Fundraising
Stuart R. Gallant, MD, PhD Within pharmaceutical development, there are two types of go-no-go decisions: 1) clinical and 2) financial. These decisions are linked together…
Raw Materials Testing, Starting Materials, and Contact Materials (2 of 2)
Stuart R. Gallant, MD, PhD In the first post of this series, raw materials risk analysis was discussed. In the second post of this series,…
Drug Development Plan
Stuart R. Gallant, MD, PhD How A Drug Development Plan Originates Keller and Schnell suggest that there are five challenges to a pharmaceutical startup: 1)…
Nonclinical and CMC (3 of 3)
Stuart R. Gallant, MD, PhD Non-clinical development has two chief goals: 1) to develop safety data enabling the entry of the medicine into human clinical…
Cost of Pre-Clinical Development (1 of 3)
Stuart R. Gallant, MD, PhD In the last three decades, how pharmaceutical drug development occurs has changed dramatically. Prior to this change, a significant share…