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Researchers develop CRISPR-based drug candidate for microbiome targeting

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The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has announced that an international scientific team has developed a CRISPR-based drug candidate that targets E coli directly and leaves the microbiome intact. Blood cancer patients with E coli infection are at risk of bacteria infecting the bloodstream.

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Valneva’s Lyme disease vaccine faces final clinical test in a sparse landscape

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VLA15 is the only vaccine for Lyme disease in clinical development, according to GlobalData, the parent company of Pharmaceutical Technology. Lyme disease is also known as borreliosis, which refers to the borrelia bacteria that cause the condition. The vaccine targets six different serotypes of borrelia bacteria.

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GSK and Spero enter licence deal for cUTI antibiotic

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A late-stage asset of Spero, tebipenem HBr is being developed as the first oral carbapenem antibiotic to treat cUTIs, including pyelonephritis, which are caused by specific bacteria. Under the deal, GSK will obtain an exclusive licence for the development and marketing of tebipenem pivoxil HBr in all countries.

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Gene Therapy and Pharmacokinetics

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When developing a clinical development program for these increasingly popular therapies, it is important that sponsors use modeling and pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis to evaluate parameters that can be measured while dosing with gene therapy drugs, to characterize exposure-response data and inform rational dosing.

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Valneva accelerates Lyme disease vaccine R&D project with Pfizer

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Valneva is paying 30% of development costs and in return Pfizer will pay tiered royalties starting at 19% and will lead late-stage development. VLA15 is the only active Lyme disease vaccine in clinical development today, and covers six strains that are prevalent in North America and Europe.

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VE-818 by Vedanta Biosciences for Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD): Likelihood of Approval

Pharmaceutical Technology

VE-818 is under clinical development by Vedanta Biosciences and currently in Phase I for Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD). VE-818 overview VE-818 is under development for the treatment of graft versus host disease (GVHD). The therapeutic candidate comprises of consortia of immune-modulating microbiome-derived bacteria.

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VE-818 by Vedanta Biosciences for Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD): Likelihood of Approval

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VE-818 is under clinical development by Vedanta Biosciences and currently in Phase I for Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD). VE-818 overview VE-818 is under development for the treatment of graft versus host disease (GVHD). The therapeutic candidate comprises of consortia of immune-modulating microbiome-derived bacteria.

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