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China’s NMPA clears Transcenta’s IND for solid tumour treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

TST003 is a first-in-class Gremlin1 targeting humanised monoclonal antibody. In the syngeneic tumour model, the monoclonal antibody has also improved the checkpoint inhibitor’s anti-tumour activity. The Gremlin1 protein was found to promote lineage plasticity while driving castration resistance in prostate cancer.

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Even as SARS-CoV-2 mutates, some human antibodies fight back

Medical Xpress

In a new investigation, scientists from La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have shown how antibodies, collected from this clinical study volunteer, bind to the SARS-CoV-2 "Spike" protein to neutralize the virus.

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Study details changes in omicron’s spike protein

Scienmag

An international team of scientists has determined the precise structural changes in the spike protein of the omicron variant. Their observations explain how the virus is able to evade antibodies against previous variants and still remain highly infectious.

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Antibody binding-site conserved across COVID-19 virus variants

Scienmag

The structural revelation could have implications as a therapeutic target in all SARS-CoV-2 variants Credit: Kelly Lab/Penn State A tiny protein of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that gives rise to COVID-19, may have big implications for future treatments, according to a team of Penn State researchers.

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Patent wars: what’s behind Amgen’s possible win over Sanofi at the US Supreme Court

Pharmaceutical Technology

The patent battle between Amgen and Sanofi over their cholesterol-lowering antibodies has divided big pharma in the past months. Both drugs are monoclonal antibodies that inhibit the protein PCSK9. To an extent, the challenge here lies in the nature of antibodies, says Contreras. Both drugs come with a high price tag.

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Scientists unmask new neutralizing antibody target on SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

Scienmag

SARS-CoV-2 can recruit a haem metabolite to evade antibody immunity Researchers have identified another potential target for neutralizing antibodies on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein that is masked by metabolites in the blood.

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Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers galvanise rocky drug development space

Pharmaceutical Technology

Researchers are also investigating blood-based biomarkers to bolster efforts to find Alzheimer’s drugs that go beyond targeting the amyloid protein, so new targets can be tackled, potentially widening the pool of patients who may respond to a therapy. Lecanemab is an amyloid antibody that targets oligomers and protofibrils of amyloid.