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Bristol Myers pours $100M into RNA drugs for cardiovascular diseases

Bio Pharma Dive

Tuesday’s deal signals the pharmaceutical giant's confidence in Avidity Biosciences and its so-called antibody oligonucleotide conjugates.

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Health Canada grants approval for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in children

Pharmaceutical Technology

Health Canada has granted approval for the usage of Moderna’s messenger RNA (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in a 25µg two-dose regimen for active immunisation to prevent Covid-19 in children aged six months to five years. So far, children aged below five years were not eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in Canada.

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RNA therapy firm Avidity files $400m placement

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Avidity Biosciences files $400m private placement as it prepares for phase 3 trial of lead antibody oligonucleotide conjugate AOC 1001 in rare disease DM1

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Lilly buys into MiNA’s protein-boosting RNA tech in $1.25bn deal

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UK biotech MiNA Therapeutics has signed up another big pharma partner for its small activating RNA (saRNA) platform, which upregulates the activity of proteins, with Eli Lilly the latest to get in on the action. . The post Lilly buys into MiNA’s protein-boosting RNA tech in $1.25bn deal appeared first on.

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US FDA grants Fast Track status for Avidity’s AOC 1020 to treat FSHD

Pharmaceutical Technology

It comprises a monoclonal antibody (mAb) attached to the transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1) conjugated with a DUX4 mRNA that targets siRNA. We look forward to working collaboratively with the FDA to bring the first RNA therapy directly targeting DUX4 to patients as quickly as possible.”

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Biologists isolated the coronavirus nucleoprotein in its pure form to improve the accuracy and sensitivity of the antibody tests

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It folds the RNA of the virus into a compact structure. COVID-19 patients usually develop antibodies (immunity proteins that are specifically […]. The SARS-CoV-2 nucleoprotein is the main protein in viral particles.

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Avidity Biosciences files patent for method of delivering oligonucleotide for treating muscular dystrophy

Pharmaceutical Technology

A patent has been filed for an intravenous administration of an anti-transferrin receptor antibody linked to an oligonucleotide, targeting the degradation of DUX4 mRNA and biomarker RNA in muscle cells. Discover a groundbreaking method for treating Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and other muscular dystrophies.

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