An idiotype is a unique antigen-binding site in an antibody and is made up of several epitopes in the variable region. Antibodies raised against the idiotype of a given antibody are called anti-idiotypic antibodies or commonly anti-Ids. These anti-Ids are highly specialized reagents that are produced against human monoclonal antibody …
Capitalizing on Global Drug Development Opportunities from China
The Chinese pharmaceutical market continues to grow steadily, but drug developers in China face similar challenges as their global counterparts: Development times are increasing and success rates are declining. Xiaoning Guo, PhD, PMP, clinical development program director of our Asia Pacific services, recently discussed potential strategies to improve investment returns …
Addressing the Drug Development Gap in China
Each year, new medicines are launched globally but few are available to Chinese patients, in comparison to those in the US or EU. Drug developers are working to reduce this gap and expand the reach of new molecular entities (NMEs) so that they can improve healthcare to patients in need. …
Image Analysis
Analysis of biomedical imaging data is no less a task than the image acquisition itself. Due to the complex nature of such data and variability across different subjects, information extraction has largely remained a time-consuming process. Vendors of imaging instruments and specialty software offer a variety of tools; however, a …