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World Psoriasis Day 2024: New Treatments and Research Trends

XTalks

In August 2024, Artax Biopharma completed patient recruitment for its Phase IIa trial of AX-158, exploring a new immune-modulating therapy for psoriasis. Meanwhile, Innovent Biologics recently saw its New Drug Application (NDA) for picankibart, an IL-23p19 inhibitor, accepted by the Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).

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Drug made from pig intestine helps escape the “trap” of clot-causing immune response

Scienmag

When the body attempts to fight off an infection, immune cells called neutrophils may shoot out spider web-like networks of toxic proteins to help contain the invaders.

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Biologic Therapeutics Development, Part 2: Regulatory Pathways and Pharmacometric Analysis

Camargo

Both the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) have regulatory responsibility for therapeutic biological products, which are subject to both the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FD & C) Act and the Public Health Service (PHS) Act.

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As gonorrhoea threat grows, Intravacc gets $14m for vaccine hunt

pharmaphorum

Some gonorrhoea infections have become untreatable with all seven main antibiotic classes – a situation last encountered in the 1920s before the advent of effective drugs for the bacterium. At the moment most cases are treated with azithromycin, with intravenous ceftriaxone generally reserved as a last-line therapy.

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EU places firm order for AZ/Oxford Uni’s ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccine

pharmaphorum

The advance order will be financed using the EU’s Emergency Support Instrument, a €2 billion fund set aside to cover purchases of vaccines, drugs and other goods needed to fight the coronavirus epidemic.

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Understanding the microbiome as an ‘overlooked critical organ’

pharmaphorum

As more research has been conducted, closer and unexpected links have been found between the microbiome of the gut, as one example, and other areas of the body, such as brain health and the immune system. Finch Therapeutics, which is partnered with Takeda on several drug candidates, is developing FIN-211 for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Moderna must face patent claims over its Covid-19 vaccine; Pfizer and BioNTech testing combo Covid and flu shot

STAT News

The companies allege Moderna’s vaccine uses their technology for a drug-delivery system without permission. Citing The early-stage study, which is being sponsored by BioNTech, aims to evaluate safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity, or the ability to generate an immune response.

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