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Lab to jab in 100 days: manufacturing flexibility for future rapid responses

Pharmaceutical Technology

The mission was first put forward during the UK’s G7 Presidency of June 2021, with support from representatives of the life sciences industry. Messenger RNA vaccines contain nucleic acids that code for a specific protein, or target antigen, related to a virus or disease. Single- and multi-nation funding opportunities flooded in.

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New HCV Test Enables Diagnosis and Treatment in a Single Visit

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Unlike traditional testing methods that require samples to be sent to central laboratories, this test utilizes a blood sample from the fingertip to detect HCV RNA, delivering results in approximately one hour. The infection, if left untreated, can lead to severe health issues such as liver cancer and liver failure.

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Sunlenca (lenacapavir) Receives FDA Approval as HIV Treatment Option for Multi-Drug Resistant Infection

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Gilead Sciences, Inc. Its mechanism of action differs from currently approved antivirals and has thus far shown no cross-resistance in vitro to other drug classes. log10 copies/mL reduction in HIV-1 RNA from baseline at the end of the functional monotherapy period.

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Receptor Occupancy Assays by Flow Cytometry: Benefits for Clinical Trials

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Both the areas of drug development and clinical trials are increasingly using in vitro assays to help determine the efficacy of an investigational therapeutic. Flow cytometric receptor occupancy assays are being increasingly used in preclinical and clinical studies. What is Flow Cytometry?

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The Utility of Liquid Biopsy in Oncology Clinical Trials

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Liquid biopsies have demonstrated promising activity in multiple clinical settings, but the great enthusiasm and expectations around them can be harmful if not adequately managed,” said Dr. El Mustapha Bahassi, PhD, Director, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, at the global clinical research organization (CRO) Medpace.

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What the Glycome Can Tell Us About Persistent HIV Infection

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Despite the effectiveness of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in significantly improving health, quality of life and reducing mortality among HIV-positive individuals, new research shows that persistent infections may be due to the ability of the virus to take refuge in distinct subsets of immune T cells.

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Repurposing FDA-approved drugs may help combat COVID-19

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“SARS-CoV-2 produces long proteins, called polyproteins, from its RNA genome that must be cleaved into individual proteins by these proteases in an ordered fashion leading to the formation of functional virus enzymes and proteins to start virus replication once it enters a cell,” Murakami explained.