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Covid-19 vaccine success bolsters nanoparticle drug delivery research

Pharmaceutical Technology

With early nanoparticle studies, researchers often found the human body’s innate immune response to drugs and the short-lasting effects of drugs challenging, as they can also reduce a drug’s efficacy. However, after a period of slow movement in the field, the FDA approved the first nanodrug, Doxil, for Kaposi sarcoma in 1995.

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Gene Therapy and Pharmacokinetics

Camargo

It is a comprehensive term which encompasses a large variety of therapy products including viral and bacterial vectors, plasmid DNA, human gene editing technology, and patient-specific cellular gene therapy. Additionally, gene editing allows us either to remove or to modify harmful genes. Formulation Considerations.

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Clinical Catch-Up: December 21-25 | BioSpace

The Pharma Data

GM2 gangliosidosis is a rare and fatal monogenic lysosomal storage disorder and a family of neurodegenerative genetic diseases that includes Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases. aTyr Pharma completed target enrollment in its Phase Ib/IIa trial of ATYR1923 in pulmonary sarcoidosis, a form of interstitial lung disease.

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