Publications & Presentations
Conjugation Site Heterogeneity Causes Variable Electrostatic Properties in Fc Conjugates.
Nicholas J. Boylan, Wen Zhou, Robert J. Proos, Thomas J. Tolbert, Janet L. Wolfe, and Jennifer S. Laurence. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2013 24 (6), 1008-1016.
Wolfe Laboratories is conducting exciting research in the area of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), a rapidly growing area of therapeutic development. The Wolfe Laboratories team recently published research that could help unravel the problem of varying charge properties of ADCs – a drug-development hurdle that causes high heterogeneity and limits the widespread use of ADCs. This research is part of Wolfe Laboratories’ ongoing investigation of the molecular causes for the physical and chemical destabilization of ADCs, as well as its development of approaches to stabilize these important molecules. For more information on this research, please take a look at the abstract.
Finding A Chemistry Postdoc Position In Industry, Chemical and Engineering News
Featuring Wolfe Laboratories, September 10, 2012, Volume 90 (37), pp. 48 - 50
"Wolfe Laboratories, a contract research organization based in Watertown, Mass., continues to expand its program, according to Janet Wolfe, the firm’s chief executive officer. The company is now recruiting to fill a postdoc position that will involve a collaboration with Merck..."
Opportunities Along The Atlantic: Smaller firms are recruiting chemists to help tap new markets and cultivate groundbreaking technologies, Chemical and Engineering News
Featuring Wolfe Laboratories, August 20, 2012, Volume 90 (34), pp. 61 - 63
"...Wolfe Laboratories is in the midst of hiring Ph.D. scientists in pharmaceutical chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, or chemical engineering with two or more years of experience in drug development from the postdiscovery phase to the initial clinical trials phase, according to Margarita Hunter, the company’s associate director of marketing."
Quality Prospects: Drug developers are bolstering their quality management teams in response to a more rigorous regulatory climate, Chemical and Engineering News
Featuring Wolfe Laboratories, August 15, 2011, Volume 89 (33), pp. 40 - 43
…Wolfe Laboratories has been “vigorously expanding our services for the last few years to cover various aspects of drug development regulated under Good Manufacturing Practices and GoodLaboratory Practices,” says Verona Outerbridge, the company’s manager for business development and QA. Wolfe is in the process of increasing its quality staff, which currently includes seven employees responsible for QC and three dedicated to QA.
Increasing R&D Productivity: Effectively Implementing Biopharma's Strategy
By Dr. Janet Wolfe, President and Founder, Wolfe Laboratories, 10 January 2011
..."the industry as a whole has embarked on a tripartite strategy: access innovation through external partnerships, pursue rare and under-treated diseases, and target emerging markets as a significant source of revenue."
PharmaVoice Top 100 Entrepreneurs - Dr. Janet Wolfe Predicting Trends
Featuring, Dr. Janet Wolfe, President and Founder, Wolfe Laboratories, July / August 2010
"From early in her career, Janet Wolfe, Ph.D., has been adept at identifying industry trends. When her family moved to the Boston area in 1999, she recognized the abundance of emerging biotech and pharmaceutical companies and foresaw high demand for experienced pharmaceutical chemists. She rented a 2,000-square-foot facility in Watertown, Mass., and formed Wolfe Laboratories."
Aseptic Filling Adjusting to New Paradigm - Complex and Sensitive Drugs Necessitate High-Tech Manufacturing Operations
Featuring, Dr. Michael Frid, Principal Scientist, Wolfe Laboratories, 1 April 2010
"Aseptic filling—the final step before packaging parenteral small molecule and biotherapeutic drugs—represents one of the most technologically innovative and dynamic areas of downstream operations."
Hundreds of Students and Volunteers Join Statewide Biotechnology Job Shadow Day
"More than 350 Massachusetts high school students will spend their day shadowing biotechnology professionals as part of their first-ever statewide Biotechnology Job Shadow Day."
Small Businesses Step Into Spot Light - Wolfe Laboratories Named Eastern Regional Finalist
"These seven small businesses were named regional finalists for the U.S. Chamber’s Dream Big: Small Business of the Year Award, sponsored by Sam’s Club®. One of them will receive the award during America’s Small Business Summit 2010 in Washington, D.C., May 17—19. The award recognizes a company for demonstrating exemplary business practices in the areas of staff training and motivation, community involvement, customer service, and business and financial planning."
For more information, go to www.uschambersummit.com.
Wolfe Laboratories Integrated ADME and CMC Technology Platform
"At Wolfe Laboratories, we believe that integration of critical path drug development activities allows us to help our clients rapidly advance de-risked molecules from discovery into the clinic. ADME, CMC, and Drug Product Manufacturing are essential drug development functions that, if done right, can form the foundation of a highly effective program. Many companies treat these critical path activities as items to be checked off a list, rather than using them strategically to de-risk their drug discovery and development programs." Read more. View case studies.
Wolfe Laboratories on Wikipedia
"Wolfe Laboratories, Inc. (WLI) is a contract research organization (CRO) headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts. It provides research and development services as well as GLP analytical services for products in late discovery phase through early clinical phases of drug development. It serves clients in New England, the US, and internationally."
Flexibility is the Name of the Game for CROs, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
Featuring, Janet Wolfe, Ph.D., President, Wolfe Laboratories, 15 June 2008
“Wolfe Laboratories is … ‘a bootstrap operation,’ founded nine years ago without any outside investors. [Janet Wolfe] described her company as a niche organization serving “one-compound companies,” mostly in the Boston area. “I focus on biotechs and pharmas that have raised at least $15 million in venture capital…when a molecule is nominated we take it all the way to Phase I, with involvement in critical path activities.”
Regulations Still Driving Stability Testing, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
Featuring, John Augustine, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Wolfe Laboratories, 1 Apr 2008
...“By the preformulation stage, it may already be too late to set up a stability study,” observes John Augustine, Ph.D., principal scientist at Wolfe Laboratories…
A Brief Introduction to Extractable's & Leachables: Or, Is There Something Extra in My Drug Product?
By Nicole Damour-Krilla, Project Manager, Wolfe Laboratories, 9 Nov 2007
..."as the API and its formulation are optimized, so should the storage conditions, which include the container-closure system... (that) should guarantee the protection, compatibility, safety, and performance of the drug product."
Dose Recovery: Identification of a Problem and its Resolution
By Dr. Nicolas S. Mourier, Principal Scientist, Wolfe Laboratories, 12 Sep 2007
..."compatibility study with these diluents and administration sets from various providers can reveal losses in dose recovery when the test article is evaluated for up to 48 hours at the targeted high and low concentrations."
On Pre-Formulation and Formulation: Defining the Universe of Discourse
By Dr. Michael Frid, Principal Scientist, Wolfe Laboratories, 5 May 2007
..."pre-formulation refers to the physicochemical characterization of a compound and formulation refers to the development of a customized dosage form for a specific administration route."