As access to low Earth orbit expands, space-based research is opening possibilities in drug discovery, formulation, and manufacturing. In Part 1, the authors look at how microgravity changes biology and chemistry in ways that can’t be reproduced on Earth and where it fits from target discovery to life cycle management.
Dr. Jay Lalezari, CEO and CMO of CytoDyn, discusses how Leronlimab’s unique CCR5-blocking mechanism has carried it from HIV, to Covid-19, to a promising, one-of-a-kind proof of concept in colorectal cancer.
FDA reportedly shelves its Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher program, Eli Lilly breaks ground on a $3.5 billion Pennsylvania manufacturing site for next-generation obesity treatments, and Parexel’s Stacy Hurt on how small protocol decisions can become enrollment and retention barriers.