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Merck and Orna partner for RNA technology-based vaccines and therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Merck (MSD outside North America) has entered a partnership agreement with Orna Therapeutics for discovering, developing and marketing various programmes based on next-generation RNA technology. By self-circularisation, Orna’s oRNA technology makes circular ribonucleic acids (oRNAs) from linear RNAs.

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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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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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How Can You Manage the Complexity of Early Phase Clinical Development?

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Oren Cohen, MD, FIDSA CMO & President of Clinical Pharmacology Fortrea Fortrea is a provider of comprehensive Phase I through IV clinical trial management, clinical pharmacology, market access solutions and other enabling services. Our mission at Fortrea is to deal with and manage the complexity in the space,” says Dr.

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China NMPA grants IND clearance for Ascletis’ Covid-19 therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

An RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) inhibitor, ASC10 is an oral double prodrug. Currently, the company is working with various regulatory agencies to explore the potential to further advance ASC10’s clinical development. Compared to molnupiravir, a single prodrug, ASC10 has a varied chemical structure.

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Evotec receives grant from Open Philanthropy for discovery of RNA-targeting Henipavirus therapeutics

Outsourcing Pharma

The development of small molecule antivirals that target viral RNA in Henipaviruses will benefit from a $1.7million grant from Open Philanthropy, a philanthropic funder prioritizing global health and wellbeing.

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3rd RNA-Targeted Drug Discovery Summit

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The world of drug discovery and chemical probes is still protein-centric and developing highly selective small molecules targeting RNA is often considered to be an insurmountable challenge. Why You Should Attend the RNA- Targeted Drug Discovery Summit. The post 3rd RNA-Targeted Drug Discovery Summit appeared first on.

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