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The Significance of the MHRA Approval and Upcoming FDA Review of the First Gene Editing Treatment

Worldwide Clinical Trials

Casgevy, the commercial product formerly known as exa-cel, is administered by taking stem cells out of a patient’s bone marrow and editing a gene in the cells in a laboratory, with the modified cells then infused back into the patient after conditioning treatment to prepare the bone marrow. In June 2023, the U.S.

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Strategies for Streamlining Small Molecule Formulation Development When Bridging from Candidate Selection to First-in-Human Clinical Testing

Pharmaceutical Technology

The continued high level of interest in small molecules presents multiple opportunities to select a candidate that is ‘developable’, with subsequent rapid progression toward first-in-human (FIH) clinical testing. With all this in mind, how do drug developers know which strategy and approach is right for their molecule at this early stage?

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The Future for Biotesting

Pharmaceutical Technology

was established in 1999 in the process of privatisation of the State Research Institute for Pharmacy and Biochemistry in the Czech Republic. Before the inception of this institute, the facility was oriented towards pre-clinical toxicology and breeding of the laboratory animals. Dr Ivana Surovà: Biotest s.r.o.

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Blenrep Combination Extends Survival in Relapsed Multiple Myeloma

XTalks

XTALKS WEBINAR: Enhance Early Biomarker Discovery: Translating In Vitro and In Vivo Multi-Omics Oncology Data Live and On-Demand: Thursday, January 16, 2025, at 11am EST (4pm GMT/UK) Register for this free webinar to learn how to harness the full potential of multi-omics data and advanced patient models to drive early biomarker discovery.

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Using PK Modeling and Simulation to Plan Studies for Pediatric Patient Populations

Camargo

Conducting a clinical study in a pediatric patient population requires careful planning, as providing a benefit to a child without causing harm is a weighty responsibility. First Steps Toward Initiating Pediatric Clinical Studies. Data Collection from Preclinical and Adult Studies.

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Medicines Discovery Catapult relaunches Wolfson Radiochemistry facility in Manchester

pharmaphorum

MDC, the independent national centre for innovation in drug discovery, has a major focus in pre-clinical imaging and will now offer the design and production of radiotracers alongside its cutting-edge imaging and industrial drug discovery expertise based at nearby Alderley Park. ” Find out more about MDCs PET Imaging expertise here.

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Digital therapeutics: a new frontier of medicine

pharmaphorum

For example, there is no need for in vivo animal or in vitro pre-clinical or non-clinical studies. The area of digital therapeutics is growing rapidly, and in this piece Ben Hargreaves examines why this is the case, how broadly these therapies can be applied and why investment in the area is mounting. This equated to $21.3

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