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Feinstein Institutes researchers discover new protein for sepsis treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

Researchers at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have discovered a new protein that can be a potential therapeutic target for lethal sepsis. Led by Feinstein Institutes researcher Haichao Wang, the new study focuses on detecting protein mediators that might contribute to uncontrolled immune responses to lethal infections.

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Trial to test monoclonal antibody for virus of growing concern

Drug Discovery World

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is sponsoring a clinical trial to evaluate the safety of an investigational monoclonal antibody to treat enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), which can cause severe respiratory and neurological diseases such as acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). Credit: NIAID and CDC.

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Janssen’s antibody drug shows phase 2 potential in rheumatoid arthritis

BioPharma Reporter

The proof-of-concept trial, dubbed IRIS-RA, is the first to investigate a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis that blocks a protein called neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn).

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Machine learning: A useful tool in the development of next generation antibody therapeutics

Drug Discovery World

Ben Holland , CTO and Co-Founder of Antiverse discusses how artificial intelligence and machine learning are benefitting antibody discovery and design. Modern experimental procedures, such as immunisation, B-cell screening, and synthetic library generation, have been pivotal in developing approximately 80 FDA-approved antibody therapeutics.

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WHO grants emergency use listing to SK bioscience’s SKYCovione

Pharmaceutical Technology

Developed using pharmaceutical company GSK’s pandemic adjuvant, the vaccine targets the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The vaccine is based on recombinant protein vaccine technology and is suitable for storage between 2°C and 8°C.

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Which diseases are poised to benefit from therapeutic antibody development

Drug Discovery World

DDW’s Megan Thomas looks at how different diseases will benefit from the success of therapeutic antibodies. Cancer Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are a type of targeted drug therapy, and as such are often used to treat cancer. This is not only made clear by the fact that the global cancer mAbs market size was valued at $55.6

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Alentis Therapeutics raises funds to develop medicines for CLAUDIN-1

Pharmaceutical Technology

Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm Alentis Therapeutics has raised $105m in a Series C financing round for advancing transformational medicines targeting the CLAUDIN-1 protein. ALE.F02 is being developed for the treatment of advanced kidney, lung and liver fibrosis while ALE.C04 is a potential treatment to target CLDN1-positive tumours.

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