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COVID-19 and Melatonin: Researchers Use AI To Study New Treatment Option

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In addition to innovative new antibody drugs and mRNA vaccines, researchers have found that the sleep-regulating hormone melatonin may also offer protection against COVID-19. The study was published in the journal PLOS Biology. Related: Can Vitamin D Be Beneficial for COVID-19 Patients?

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Thirteen potential blockbuster drugs to watch in 2024

Drug Discovery World

2024 is anticipated to be a transformational year for the pharma industry, with new modalities like antibody drug conjugates and AI/machine learning providing therapies for patients with limited treatment options. Due to a delayed US launch it remains a drug to watch for 2024.

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Sanofi Executives Predict 2021 Will be ‘Transformative’ Year for Company

The Pharma Data

To meet that goal, Sanofi is investing in areas like synthetic biology and cell and gene therapy. He also noted innovations are occurring with protein degraders, antibody conjugates, nanobodies and multi-specific antibodies, specifically bi- and tri-specific. billion acquisition of Synthorx.

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Unfolding The Folds Of Transthyretin

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Transthyretin (TTR) is a protein that the liver produces to facilitate the transfer of thyroid hormone and vitamin A in the blood. However, due to specific reasons, the TTR protein begins to misfold and aggregate as fibrils, a process known as amyloidosis of Transthyretin (ATTR). Liver Transplantation.

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Surrogate Endpoints: How to Choose the Best One for Your Rare Disease Trial

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Symptoms and Etiology: Caused by an overproduction of growth hormone, acromegaly primarily affects adults. By reducing the amount of growth hormone in the blood, progressive enlargement of bones should be slowed. By reducing the amount of growth hormone in the blood, progressive enlargement of bones should be slowed.

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What Innovative Treatments For Metastatic Breast Cancer are being developed?

Find Me Cure

CDK4/6 inhibitors are used alongside hormone therapy. HER2 is a protein that plays an important role in cancer cell growth and is found on the surface of cancer cells in a very high quantity in about 10-20% of breast cancers. However, a combination of HER2-targeted antibody drugs and a chemotherapy drug can prove to be more potent.

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Enhertu granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation in the US for patients with HER2-low metastatic breast cancer

The Pharma Data

6 Currently chemotherapy remains the only treatment option for patients with HR-positive tumours following progression on endocrine (hormone) therapy. Enhertu consists of a HER2 monoclonal antibody attached to a topoisomerase I inhibitor payload, an exatecan derivative, via a stable tetrapeptide-based cleavable linker.

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