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New anti-evolocumab antibodies could aid drug development

Drug Discovery World

Bio-Rad Laboratories has introduced a range of type 1 antibodies that inhibit the binding of evolocumab (Repatha) to its target, human proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), a protein that has been shown to play a key role in the regulation of cholesterol levels. .

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New product could aid successful production of mRNA therapeutics

Drug Discovery World

Takara Bio has launched PrimeCap T7 RNA Polymerase (low dsRNA), a mutant T7 RNA polymerase suitable for mRNA therapeutic research and development. PrimeCap T7 RNA Polymerase is a mutant T7 RNA polymerase that has been genetically engineered to maintain high-performance RNA synthesis activity while reducing dsRNA production to less than 10%.

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Pneumagen raises £8 million for further study of intranasal antiviral

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pneumagen has raised £8m ($10 million) for the further development of its intranasal antiviral drug neumifil in Phase II studies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients suffering from virus-induced exacerbations. Neumifil consists of an engineered carbohydrate-binding module domain of a Streptococcus pneumoniae protein.

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A protein-based COVID-19 vaccine that mimics the shape of the virus

The Pharma Data

Even as several safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines are being administered to people worldwide, scientists are still hard at work developing different vaccine strategies that could provide even stronger or longer-lasting immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants.

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mRNA pioneers Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman receive Nobel prize

Drug Discovery World

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19. The effect was due to the reduced activation of an enzyme that regulates protein production.

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News from AACR 2024: Sunday’s highlights

Drug Discovery World

Aviv Regev, Head and Executive Vice President of Research and Early Development at Genentech, opened the session with a discussion of how advances in genomic sequencing are fostering the development of data-rich cell atlases and what that data could mean for new insights into cancer biology and novel therapeutics.

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Cell and Gene Therapy Bioassay – A Prerequisite for the ATMPs Development

Roots Analysis

Bioassay – A Prerequisite for the Cell and Gene Therapy Development. In fact, from year 2016 to 2020 more than 300 IND filing for cell and gene therapy product have been recorded, indicating that several developers and innovators are more attracted towards the cell and gene therapies.