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Biologic Therapeutics Development, Part 1: Definition and Distinct Characteristics

Camargo

The development of biological products (or biologics) represents a major advancement in modern medicine, enabling the treatment of patients with many illnesses where no other therapeutics were previously available. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Blood and blood components. Allergenics. Somatic cells. Gene and cellular therapies.

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AstraZeneca-Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu gets US FDA approval for breast cancer

Pharmaceutical Technology

According to the trial data, Enhertu lowered disease progression or mortality risk by 50% compared with chemotherapy according to the physician’s choice in HER2-low metastatic breast cancer patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive disease or HR-negative disease. months compared with 5.1 months for the chemotherapy arm.

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Japan grants approvals for Merck’s Keytruda to treat different cancers

Pharmaceutical Technology

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has granted four new approvals for Merck ’s (MSD outside North America) humanised monoclonal antibody, Keytruda (pembrolizumab), to treat various types of cancers. With the latest development, the antibody is indicated for 23 usages in 13 different cancer types of cancer in the country.

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Thyroid Awareness Month 2024: Increasing Awareness and Exploring New Treatments for Thyroid Diseases

XTalks

The thyroid plays a critical role in the body by producing hormones that regulate metabolism, heart rate and body temperature among others. Women are five to eight times more likely than men to experience thyroid conditions, with one in eight women likely to develop thyroid issues during their lifetime.

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Could an Antibody Drug Help You Shed Pounds?

The Pharma Data

2, 2020 — An experimental antibody drug that targets one of the body’s key metabolism regulators may help obese people lose weight — at least briefly. That’s one finding from an early study that tested the injection drug, which mimics the effects of a natural hormone called fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21).

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Leading freeze-drying systems suppliers for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries widely use freeze-drying systems to protect vaccines, antibodies, antibiotics such as penicillin, blood plasma, proteins, enzymes, hormones, viruses, and bacteria from heat and minimise their biological activity.

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Buparlisib hydrochloride by Adlai Nortye Biopharma for Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Likelihood of Approval

Pharmaceutical Technology

Buparlisib hydrochloride is under clinical development by Adlai Nortye Biopharma and currently in Phase II for Mantle Cell Lymphoma. GlobalData tracks drug-specific phase transition and likelihood of approval scores, in addition to indication benchmarks based off 18 years of historical drug development data.

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