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World Psoriasis Day 2024: New Treatments and Research Trends

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In August 2024, Artax Biopharma completed patient recruitment for its Phase IIa trial of AX-158, exploring a new immune-modulating therapy for psoriasis. While research is still ongoing, studies suggest that low-calorie diets, the Mediterranean diet and protein restriction may reduce inflammation.

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AZ resumes UK coronavirus vaccine trial

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AstraZeneca has resumed UK trials for its coronavirus vaccine, after the country’s medicines regulator gave the all-clear following a safety scare. A UK safety committee has concluded its investigations and recommended to the country’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) that trials are safe to resume.

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Flow cytometry: advantages in immunotherapy clinical trials

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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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CSL doses first patient with haemophilia B gene therapy Hemgenix

Pharmaceutical Technology

This followed positive results from CSL’s Phase III HOPE-B trial (NCT03569891). Hemgenix works by dosing a patient with an engineered adeno-associated virus (AAV), containing the gene responsible for producing a protein called factor IX.

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Pfizer and BioNTech Advance COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy With Study Start of Next-Generation Vaccine Candidate Based on Enhanced Spike Protein Design

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Pfizer and BioNTech Advance COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy With Study Start of Next-Generation Vaccine Candidate Based on Enhanced Spike Protein Design. Pfizer and BioNTech Advance COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy With Study Start of Next-Generation Vaccine Candidate Based on Enhanced Spike Protein Design. deliesschef. Tue, 07/26/2022 - 17:41.

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US FDA clears Transcenta’s IND for Rett syndrome treatment

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Developed with the University of Edinburgh, the EXACT self-contained technology enables MeCP2 protein therapeutic levels while avoiding overexpression-related toxicities. Neurogene stated that the FDA IND clearance allows it to commence a Phase II/II trial of NGN-401 in female paediatric Rett syndrome patients.

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European regulators begin rolling review of AZ’s COVID-19 vaccine

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Confirming press reports, the EMA said that large scale clinical trials from the vaccine codenamed AZD1222 involving several thousands of people are ongoing and results will become available over “the coming weeks and months”. AZD1222 was co-invented by the University of Oxford and its spin-out company, Vaccitech.