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CAMP4’s funding influx paves the way for tapping regulatory RNA to treat urea cycle disorders

Pharmaceutical Technology

Last week, CAMP4 Therapeutics announced the close of a $100 million Series B round , which will be used to advance their regulatory RNA (regRNA)-focused programs. CAMP4’s CSO David Bumcrot PhD tells Pharmaceutical Technology that the company plans to see clinical trials go forward for their urea cycle disorder programs late next year.

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US FDA grants Fast Track status for Avidity’s AOC 1020 to treat FSHD

Pharmaceutical Technology

AOC 1020 has been designed for the treatment of the underlying cause of FSHD, which is caused by the abnormal expression of a gene known as double homeobox 4 or DUX4. Avidity Biosciences’ AOC 1020 is intended to reduce the DUX4 mRNA and DUX4 protein expression in muscles in these patients. “We

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Angelman syndrome Pipeline: Unmet needs call for a robust pipeline

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Ovid Therapeutics is running Phase III clinical trials for its drug, Gaboxadol ( OV101 ). Another therapy by the same company named GTX-102 is also an antisense therapy; however, it silences gene expression by binding to the RNA molecule that regulates its expression.

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Blood pressure medication shows benefits treating Type 1 diabetes

The Pharma Data

In 2014, Shalev’s UAB research lab reported that verapamil completely reversed diabetes in animal models, and she announced plans to test the effects of the drug in a human clinical trial. The United States Food and Drug Administration approved verapamil for the treatment of high blood pressure in 1981.

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Sirnaomics Announces First Patient Dosed In Phase 2a Study of STP705 for Treatment of Cutaneous Basal Cell Carcinoma

The Pharma Data

The trial is comprised of three dose escalation cohorts ranging from 30 ?g g with five patients in each group, and a total of 15 patients will be enrolled in the trial. ” The Company expects to report initial clinical data from the trial in 2021. . 1 and COX-2 gene expression. 1 and COX-2.

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Angelman Syndrome Market: Insights Into The Recent Late-Stage Drug Failures And Novel Approaches To Treating This Rare Neurogenetic Disorder

Delveinsight

The company was running Phase III trials of the therapy for AS; however, the therapy flunked in the trial failing to meet its primary endpoint. For instance, GTX-102 , an antisense therapy silencing the gene expression by binding to the RNA molecule behind the regulation of its expression, has also secured USFDA Fast Track Designation.

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Advances in Genetic Medicine May Be Outpacing Some Clinicians’ Understanding, But Pharmaceutical Marketers Can Do Much to Address the Problem

Pharma Marketing Network

those that modify the expression of an individual’s genes or repair abnormal genes) has entered clinical practice, including 11 RNA therapeutics, 2 in vivo gene therapies, and 2 gene-modified cell therapies. greater safety, transient and reversible effect on gene expression).