Apoha Limited

Founded in 2021 by Dr Shamit Shrivastava (experimental physicist and inventor of Apoha's core platform technology; previously postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford) and Anshika Srivastava (skilled in operating and scaling businesses; previously Executive Director/Vice President, Goldman Sachs), Apoha is a seed-stage start-up based in London....

For 50 years, the UK has led the world in developing monoclonal antibodies. Today, there are over 100 monoclonal antibodies approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, and the global monoclonal antibody therapeutics market is valued at USD279.8bn (Dimension Market Research). However, efforts to develop novel therapeutics remain stymied by the persist...

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are sub-micron-scale spherical vesicles made of ionisable lipids. They are used to safely and effectively deliver drugs including nucleic acids such as messenger RNA (mRNA) to target cells, most prominently being deployed in Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines. Although receiving increasing attention, LNPs...

Synthetic biology is poised to revolutionise future food systems, increasing sustainability, affordability, and quality for consumers, while improving resource efficiency and global food security. But, today, synthetic biology start-ups as well as FoodTech and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods innovators looking to integrate synthetic biology ingredients into no...

Drug development costs are rising and pharmaceutical R&D efficiency is falling, increasing costs for BioTech and Pharma companies, healthcare providers, and reducing affordability and accessibility for patients worldwide. 90% of drug candidates fail during clinical-stage development. Poor developability accounts for one third of clinical-stage failures of...

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is the most widely used analytical technique in pharmaceutical analysis, with applications spanning from detection of active pharmaceutical ingredients in drug formulations and biological fluids to quality control and assurance; for example, monitoring pharmaceutical impurities and degradation products (Siddiq...