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Cell and gene therapies: why advanced medicines call for specialised logistics

Pharmaceutical Technology

But scientists have struggled to find effective treatments for many of these diseases since the dawn of modern medicine. Often referred to as a type of gene-modified cell therapy, CAR-T cell therapies involve genetically modifying a patient’s own T cells to produce a protein that enables them to identify and kill cancer cells.

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Chinook and Ionis partner to develop ASO therapy for kidney disease

Pharmaceutical Technology

The collaboration aims to discover, develop and commercialise an ASO therapy. It will use the precision medicine approach, as well as the deep expertise of Chinook Therapeutics in nephrology and knowledge of Ionis Pharmaceuticals in RNA-targeted therapeutics.

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Rilzabrutinib Sets a New Benchmark in Immune Thrombocytopenia Trials

XTalks

Rilzabrutinib works by targeting BTK, a protein involved in immune cell communication. By inhibiting this protein, the drug disrupts pathways that contribute to platelet destruction and insufficient production. percent platelet response in a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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

Pharmaceutical Technology

VLA15 is the only vaccine for Lyme disease in clinical development, according to GlobalData, the parent company of Pharmaceutical Technology. In the last 20 years, this is the biggest buzz in the vaccine market for Lyme disease,” said Yale School of Medicine associate professor Sukanya Narasimhan, PhD, about the Phase III VLA15 trial.

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Bayer and Bicycle Therapeutics to develop radioconjugates for oncology targets

Pharmaceutical Technology

The collaboration will see Bicycle use its phage platform to discover and develop bicyclic peptides while Bayer will fully fund and manage further preclinical and clinical development, manufacturing and commercialisation aspects. Bicyclic peptides feature amino acids that can be manufactured synthetically.

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3BP and Novartis strike licensing agreement for FAP-targeting peptide technology

Pharmaceutical Technology

German biotechnology firm 3B Pharmaceuticals (3BP) has entered into a licensing agreement with Novartis Innovative Therapies for its fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-targeting peptide technology. 3BP receives an initial payment of $40m, and $425m as development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments.

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HanAll Biopharma and Daewoong sign deal to develop Parkinson’s therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

HanAll Biopharma and Daewoong Pharmaceutical will combine their resources and knowledge to develop NurrOn’s ATH-399A and other compounds targeting Nurr1 [nuclear receptor-related 1 protein] to treat neurodegenerative disorders. Nurr1 is a class of proteins important for the development and maintenance of dopamine in the brain.