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A biotech shelves its Huntington's drugs after trial failures

Bio Pharma Dive

Two drugs developed by Wave Life Sciences didn't appear to have an effect on disease-causing proteins, another setback for Huntington's research after disappointing results last week from Roche and Ionis.

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Feinstein Institutes researchers discover new protein for sepsis treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

Researchers at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have discovered a new protein that can be a potential therapeutic target for lethal sepsis. Led by Feinstein Institutes researcher Haichao Wang, the new study focuses on detecting protein mediators that might contribute to uncontrolled immune responses to lethal infections.

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Sanofi drug for rare skin disease, acquired in buyout, fails in late-stage trial

Bio Pharma Dive

The French drugmaker bought Principia Biopharma last year for two therapies that block a protein called BTK. The second targets a much bigger disorder, multiple sclerosis.

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Rilzabrutinib Sets a New Benchmark in Immune Thrombocytopenia Trials

XTalks

Rilzabrutinib works by targeting BTK, a protein involved in immune cell communication. By inhibiting this protein, the drug disrupts pathways that contribute to platelet destruction and insufficient production. Its selective mechanism aims to minimize off-target effects, making it a potential first-in-class treatment for ITP.

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Roche's closely watched immunotherapy fails key study in tough-to-treat lung cancer

Bio Pharma Dive

A drug regimen including Roche's top prospect tiragolumab didn't outperform standard treatment in its first large trial, a setback for therapies aimed at a protein called TIGIT.

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No drugs for prions: could new approaches alleviate therapeutic scarcity?

Pharmaceutical Technology

As per the prevailing prion theory, a misfolded version of a normal cell-surface protein acts as the chief infectious agent. No progress in drug discovery. “We On the other hand, I think the progress in drug discovery is nil,” comments Requena on the prion disease landscape. And then comes the question of the right target.

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New Alzheimer’s Nasal Spray Clears Toxic Tangles in Human Neurons And Mice

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

Twisted and tangled proteins are found in the brains of many of those who die with Alzheimer’s disease. Some scientists suspect these neural knots can harm and even kill brain cells, but so far in clinical trials, drugs that have tried to target the tangles have shown limited success.