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Flow cytometry: advantages in immunotherapy clinical trials

Pharmaceutical Technology

Patients provide blood samples for clinical trial sponsors to develop and deliver these emerging immunotherapies. A central lab with a global footprint provides both the efficient transportation arrangement and scientific rigor required to unlock the valuable information contained within patients’ biological samples.

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No drugs for prions: could new approaches alleviate therapeutic scarcity?

Pharmaceutical Technology

As per the prevailing prion theory, a misfolded version of a normal cell-surface protein acts as the chief infectious agent. In addition, the lethality of prion diseases effectively means that any effective treatment could be fast-tracked into the clinic, streamlining the regulatory journey for companies, says Wille.

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Clinical Trials for Celiac Disease: Insights from Beyond Celiac’s Kate Avery

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Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that is triggered by the consumption of gluten, a protein found in barley, wheat and rye. When a person with celiac disease eats something that contains gluten, their immune system attacks their small intestine, damaging the lining and interfering with the absorption of nutrients from food.

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Hipra’s Covid-19 booster gets EMA nod and enters an uncertain landscape

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Bimervax is a recombinant protein subunit vaccine, marketed by the Girona, Spain-based Hipra. Moreover, these events also have ramifications for planned clinical trials. The Sanofi vaccine contains an adjuvant, like Bimervax, to help strengthen the immune response to the vaccine.

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Latest Data from Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Involving B.1.351 Variant Shared by Protein Vaccine Maker

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As Novavax awaits emergency use authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine NVX-CoV2373, the company shared new data this week on the vaccine’s efficacy against the South African B.1.351 1.351 variant.

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Symvivo’s Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Enters Clinical Trials

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Canadian clinical-stage biotech company Symvivo Corporation has developed an oral COVID-19 vaccine that entered clinical trials this week. The first healthy volunteer was dosed with the vaccine in Australia as part of the bacTRL-Spike COVID-19 Phase I clinical trial. COVID-19 Clinical Trials.

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The Utility of Liquid Biopsy in Oncology Clinical Trials

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Gleich, MD, FACS, Senior Vice President, Medical Department, and Dr. Christopher Huth, PhD, Senior Clinical Trial Manager, Clinical Trial Management. Liquid Biopsy Use in Oncology Clinical Trials. Exosome-Based Liquid Biopsy in Oncology.