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Closing the translation gap in oncology drug development

Drug Discovery World

Jantzen Sperry , PhD, Director of Scientific Operations at Certis Oncology looks at how the adoption of orthotopic PDX models can elevate the impact of cancer research and improve translation in oncology drug development. Fewer than 5% of oncology drugs that enter clinical trials in the US receive US FDA approval.

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CohBar and Morphogenesis in merger for immuno-oncology therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Our board and management team believe that the combined company will be well-positioned to develop powerful new therapies with the potential to overcome resistance to current immunotherapies, an area of significant unmet need.” IFx has been designed to activate an innate immune response against tumour antigens that are patient-specific.

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ESMO 2022: the evolution of TIL therapy – a highly promising approach

Pharmaceutical Technology

As an autologous cell therapy, manufacturing the infusion product is a highly specialised process involving tumour harvest and the extraction and large-scale ex vivo expansion of TILs. Numerous academic and pharma-led studies have investigated the efficacy of TILs in the melanoma setting, with response rates ranging from very low to 50%.

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Treatment potential for immunotherapy-induced cytokine release syndrome  

Drug Discovery World

Poolbeg Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialisation of medicines targeting diseases with a high unmet medical need, has announced promising in vivo results for POLB 001 in addressing cancer immunotherapy-induced cytokine release syndrome (CRS). million cases of cancer by 2030 1,2.

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Spotlighting Lupus Awareness Month: CAR-T Technology Creates New Avenues for Treatment of a Devastating Disease

WCG Clinical

Today there are six CAR-T products with FDA approval for the treatment of multiple myeloma and B cell malignancies, with many related and next-generation products under development. Lymphocytes have an extraordinary capacity to proliferate in response to immune stimulation.

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Fighting viruses is as easy as breathing

The Pharma Data

The mere motions of breathing are known to influence vital functions of the lungs, including their development in babies, the production of air-exchange-enhancing fluid on their inner surfaces, and maintenance of healthy tissue structure. a Wyss Technology Development Fellow at the Institute.

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Using single-cell technology to create human antibody-based therapeutics

Drug Discovery World

WM : Infinimmune is an early-stage antibody biotechnology company, focused on reinventing antibody drug discovery by developing human-derived antibody drugs. However, the limited number of drugs and targets demonstrates the need for new approaches to both discovery and development. This has consequences for safety and efficacy.