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Leading innovators in anti-influenza antibody compositions for the pharmaceutical industry

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In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Anti-influenza antibody compositions. However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend.

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Datroway’s Approval in Breast Cancer Solidifies Daiichi Sankyo’s Leadership in ADCs

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The FDA has approved Datroway (datopotamab deruxtecan-dlnk), a TROP2-directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) for adults with unresectable or metastatic HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, developed through a global collaboration between Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca. Datroway leverages DXd technology to precisely target cancer cells.

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Celltrion’s Avtozma Receives FDA Approval, Making it the Third Actemra Biosimilar to Hit the Market

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That was followed by a full approval for the same patient subset in December 2022, making it the first FDA-approved monoclonal antibody to treat COVID-19. In June 2021, the FDA granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for Actemra to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients. It also has EUA for children aged between two and 18.

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Artificial Intelligence for better antibody drugs: ready for prime time?

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The potential of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) as therapies is indisputable. Naturally, the pharma industry has seen an explosion of mAbs in the pipeline, which has led to the evolution of new methods for improving and refining the antibody pipeline. AI for accelerated antibody discovery.

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Researchers Discover Genetic Errors and Rogue Antibodies in Cases of Severe COVID-19 Infection

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The two studies were recently published online in the journal Science, both of which were led by Jean-Laurent Casanova, an infectious disease geneticist at Rockefeller University. Upon encountering a virally-infected cell, interferons trigger an immediate local response, causing infected cells to produce proteins that fight the virus.

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ExeVir ready for clinic with variant-targeting llama antibody

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Last year, Belgium’s ExeVir Bio raised 23 million euros ($27 million) to finance development of llama antibodies – and now it is ready to begin clinical development of a potential treatment that could be effective against emerging COVID-19 variants. ExeVir is not the first company to spin out of VIB to focus on camelid antibodies.

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4 Life Science Trends To Pay Attention To in 2021

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These include monoclonal antibody drugs, which are attractive therapeutic agents owing to their targeted specificity. Eli Lilly’s bamlanivimab and Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody cocktail REGEN-COV2 which consists of two monoclonal antibodies, casirivimab and imdevimab, were approved in 2020 for use in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.