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Tezepelumab NAVIGATOR Phase 3 Trial Met Primary Endpoint Of A Statistically Significant And Clinically Meaningful Reduction In Exacerbations In A Broad Population Of Patients With Severe Asthma

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Specifically, tezepelumab targets and blocks TSLP, a key epithelial cytokine that sits at the top of multiple inflammatory cascades and initiates an overreactive immune response to allergic, eosinophilic and other types of airway inflammation associated with severe asthma. EMJ Allergy Immunol. 2018; 3: 60-9. J Allergy Clin Immunol.

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Cash round sets up trial of InteRNA’s microRNA for cancer

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InteRNA is focusing on the development of gene-silencing drugs based on microRNA, naturally occurring, non-coding strands of RNA that are thought to regulate gene expression in cells. Regulus meanwhile remains a microRNA player, but has suffered a number of setbacks.

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Tezepelumab granted Priority Review by U.S. FDA

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a Biologics License Application (BLA) and granted Priority Review for tezepelumab in the treatment of asthma. TSLP is released in response to multiple triggers associated with asthma exacerbations, including allergens, viruses and other airborne particles.(24,25) EMJ Allergy Immunol.