All Microbiome therapeutics: microscope to medicine articles
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ArticleDeveloping the EU’s first intestinal microbiota-based biologic
In this final installment of EPR's Microbiome therapeutics: microscope to medicine, Dr Olaia Aurtenetxe, Head of Clinical Research at Mikrobiomik, reveals study data demonstrating why MBK-01, an investigational drug based on faecal microbiota transplantation, presents a promising alternative to the current standard of care for Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI), potentially ...
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ArticlePioneering the next wave of LBP-based therapeutics
Christopher Weidenmaier, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, and Johannes B. Woehrstein, PhD, Chief Technology Officer at mbiomics share with EPR about the challenges and considerations of manufacturing microbiome-based therapeutics.
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ArticleAdvancing microbiome innovation
In the fourth instalment of EPR's ‘Microbiome therapeutics: microscope to medicine’ series, Emilie Plantamura, Deputy Chief Medical Officer at MaaT Pharma, examines the promising potential of microbiome therapeutics beyond Clostridium difficile infection, particularly in the onco-haematological field.
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ArticleLive biotherapeutic products: bridging innovations and challenges in manufacturing
In our third instalment of EPR's exclusive ‘Microbiome therapeutics: microscope to medicine’ series, Tue Hodal, Chief Technology Officer and Lorenz Rindisbacher, Chief Quality Officer, Bacthera, explore how live biotherapeutic products (LBPs) represent a transformative shift in medicine, highlighting their unique challenges and potential.
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ArticleNavigating the unique CMC challenges of oral anaerobic live biotherapeutics
Here, Chief Technical Officer, Mike Frodsham and Ryan Wilson, Head of Microbiome Services at SGS Quay Pharma, explore the chemistry, manufacturing, and control (CMC) challenges of developing drug products containing live anaerobic bacterial strains, used for treatments such as microbiome therapeutics.
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ArticleMicrobiome innovation: have we forgotten the basics?
Here, Chrysi Sergaki from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), UK, explores how innovators and regulators can navigate the challenges affecting the development and regulation of microbiome therapeutics to bring safe and efficacious therapies to patients as soon as possible.