Summary 47

Nowadays the pharmaceutical industry used these platforms to develop new

technology, new drug, new process, etc. Platform technologies are proving to be a

valuable tool in improving efficacy and quality in drug development. A platform is

considered as the most systematic method which helps in taking maximum advantage

from prior knowledge of the product to generate a new molecule. Such platforms

always have a scope of improvement. The data of new molecule which is developed

through the platform can be added to the platform and hence results in an increase in

the robustness of the platform.

Examples of Platform Technologies Used in the Pharmaceutical Industry

i. Immunotherapy platform for treating a range of cancers

ii. Platform technology for targeted drug delivery to the lower gastrointestinal tract

iii. Tumour-targeting technology

iv. Platform technology for speeding discovery and development of marine-inspired

therapeutics

v. Platform technology for developing DNA-based vaccines for infectious disease

vi. Platform technology for developing therapeutic antibodies

vii. Bio-molecular platform to design multiple DNA–RNA-based therapies for

diseases.