Prescription Drug Abuse and Prevention

America is in the midst of a prescription opioid epidemic. It is estimated that in 2016, 11.8 million Americans, or 4.4 percent of the population, age 12 years and older were nonmedical users of opioids – defined as prescription pain relievers and heroin. Of these nonmedical users, and over the course of the previous year, 10.9 million reported the misuse of only pain relievers, 641,000 reported the misuse of pain relievers and heroin, and 948,000 reported the misuse of only heroin.

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Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, located near the Houston Medical Center, is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel cellular immunotherapies for various forms of cancer, including both hematological and solid tumors, as well as orphan inherited blood disorders. We are developing next-generation product candidates in some of the most important areas of cellular immunotherapy, including hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and CAR T cell therapy.

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How to Choose the Right Contract Manufacturing Organisation for Your Pharmaceutical Product

whitePaper | November 21, 2022

Contract manufacturing can enhance the drug development process by creating effective processes, increasing manufacturing efficiencies, and reducing overhead costs.

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Using High Throughput SPR to Explore the Full Kinetic and Epitope Diversity of Large Antibody Libraries

whitePaper | February 24, 2023

A new way of thinking and working has evolved for the discovery of therapeutic antibodies. Until recently, large numbers of antibodies were generated, only for a relatively small fraction to be sampled and engineered for further lead generation.

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A Futuristic Approach to Message Testing for Pharma Companies

whitePaper | March 10, 2023

In the last decade, the pharma industry has gone through significant changes in how it messages to physicians, patients and payers. The processes and tools that pharma brands use to DEVELOP and DELIVER messages have been disrupted by new technologies.

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Modernizing Pharma Operations With Process Analytical Technology

whitePaper | November 18, 2022

It’s the same for manufacturers across industries and across the globe; there’s a steadily increasing pressure to meet market demand, despite facing new challenges andconstraints.

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New technology advances biopharma chromatography productivity

whitePaper | February 16, 2023

Monoclonal antibody drugs (mAbs) make up more than 50 percent of the biologics on the market today, as well as a significant number of new drugs in the development pipeline. The value and impact of these therapies has been dramatic.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Its Effect on Pharmaceutical Marketing and Sales

whitePaper | March 16, 2020

With the rapid onset of coronavirus in the United States, many pharma companies are being forced to prepare for a scenario in which their reps cannot visit providers and patients are limited in their ability to visit their healthcare professionals (HCP). The CDC has gone as far as recommending the use of telemedicine and patient portals as primary channels for HCPs and patients to interact.

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Spotlight

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, located near the Houston Medical Center, is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel cellular immunotherapies for various forms of cancer, including both hematological and solid tumors, as well as orphan inherited blood disorders. We are developing next-generation product candidates in some of the most important areas of cellular immunotherapy, including hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and CAR T cell therapy.

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