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Merck and Moderna partner to develop and sell cancer vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

German pharmaceutical firm Merck has extended its partnership with Moderna to jointly develop and sell mRNA-4157/V940, an investigational personalised cancer vaccine (PCV). In 2016, the companies entered a strategic partnership to develop novel messenger RNA (mRNA) based PCVs.

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Astellas and Sutro partner to develop immunostimulatory ADCs

Pharmaceutical Technology

Astellas Pharma and Sutro Biopharma have entered a global, strategic partnership and licencing agreement to discover and develop new immunostimulatory antibody-drug conjugates (iADCs). An iADC merges an antibody with a small molecule compound that elicits immunogenic cell death, and an immune-activating molecule.

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China’s NMPA accepts IND for SinoMab BioScience’s SM17 to treat asthma

Pharmaceutical Technology

It can suppress Th2 immune responses by binding to IL-17RB on Type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s). This blocks a cascade of responses that are induced by interleukin-25 (IL-25), a critical cytokine which is classified as ‘alarmin’. “As

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Evaxion and ExpreS²ion partner to develop new CMV vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

Evaxion Biotech and ExpreS 2 ion Biotechnologies have entered a vaccine discovery collaboration agreement to co-develop a new cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine candidate. Additionally, this project will be part of the development pipeline of Evaxion under EVX-V1. Evaluations will follow this method in preclinical models of Evaxion.

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Gene Therapy and Pharmacokinetics

Camargo

How and When to Incorporate PK Design into Your Gene Therapy Development Plan. While most gene therapy clinical studies are ongoing, a number of products are in advanced clinical development, and several are approved by FDA. PK Planning for Gene Therapy Development Programs. Exposure-Response Considerations.

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Overcoming the challenges of developing vaccines in an accelerated timeframe

pharmaphorum

One standout success we have all benefitted from is vaccine development, with notable vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca, and Moderna. New hurdles from COVID-19 vaccine development. Trials testing SARS-CoV-2 vaccines saw high enrollment, which reduced the time between each clinical trial phase.

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Gilead Sciences buys XinThera to boost oncology and inflammation pipeline

Pharmaceutical Technology

Gilead Sciences stated that the two programmes have the potential to address a number of indications and to provide development opportunities both alone and along with its wider portfolio.