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Amvuttra RNAi Therapeutic Wins FDA Approval for Rare Genetic Protein Disorder

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Amvuttra’s FDA approval is based on positive data from the global, randomized, open-label, multicenter HELIOS-A Phase III study from a period of nine months. TTR is made in the liver and is involved in carrying the thyroid hormone thyroxine (T4) and retinol (vitamin A) to the liver.

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Sanofi snaps up acne vaccine developer Origimm Bio

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The French group said that ORI-001, a vaccine based on recombinant proteins from the Cutibacterium acnes (formerly Propionibacterium acnes ) bacterium that is often found in acne lesions, could be the first ever vaccine for the condition.

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COVID-19 and Melatonin: Researchers Use AI To Study New Treatment Option

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In addition to innovative new antibody drugs and mRNA vaccines, researchers have found that the sleep-regulating hormone melatonin may also offer protection against COVID-19. This approach allowed them to find disease conditions similar to COVID-19 for which approved treatments were available.

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Trodelvy has been Approved for ER+/HER2- Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancers

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The FDA approval is an important step forward for both women and men living with metastatic breast cancer, especially for those individuals whose tumor is no longer responding to endocrine-based therapies and who are facing a poor prognosis,” said Laura Carfang, executive director, SurvivingBreastCancer.org, in the press release.

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Ascendis’s SKYTROFA; MicroTransponder’s VNS System (Vivistim); BioMarin’s Voxzogo; Zimmer-Canary’s Smart Knee Implant; COVID-19 impact on Solid Organ Transplants

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FDA’s Green Flag to Ascendis’s Once-Weekly SKYTROFA for Treatment of Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency. Growth Hormone Deficiency , commonly known as dwarfism, can constitute short stature and complications with metabolism, which arise due to inadequate production of growth hormones by the pituitary gland inside the body.

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Monthly News Roundup – December 2020

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The messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines encode a form of the spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus. The vaccine teaches the cells to make a piece of the spike protein, which triggers an immune response to help prevent illness if later exposed to the virus. The partial piece of the spike protein cannot cause COVID-19 disease.

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Efruxifermin Combined with GLP-1RA Shows Clinical Efficacy in MASH, Study Reveals

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Efruxifermin is a novel Fc-FGF21 fusion protein designed to emulate the activity of native FGF21, an endogenous hormone that regulates metabolism and alleviates cellular stress. MASH is intricately linked to cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic disorders.

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