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Intellia, Regeneron ace first trial with ‘in vivo’ CRISPR drug

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So far, human trial data for gene-editing drugs have been generated for ex vivo therapies, meaning the CRISPR technology is used to modify cells outside the body, which are then reinfused into the patient. — Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 26, 2021. — Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 26, 2021.

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Myeloid raises funds to support lead cell therapy programme

Pharmaceutical Technology

Myeloid Therapeutics will use the funds to expedite the development of its first-in-class trophoblast cell-surface antigen 2 (TROP2)-FcA mRNA-LNP product, MT-302, into a Phase I/II trial for treating TROP2-expressing tumours. The financing will help to fast-track the development of other in vivo programming candidates into clinical trials.

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China’s NMPA clears Transcenta’s IND for solid tumour treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

The China National Medical Products Administration’s (NMPA) Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) has granted clearance for Transcenta’s investigational new drug (IND) application for its TST003 to treat solid tumours. TST003 is a first-in-class Gremlin1 targeting humanised monoclonal antibody.

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How PK Modeling Can Inform Sample Size Estimation and Dose Selection for Your Product

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Drug development is an extremely cumbersome process, requiring the testing of an agent from in vitro studies to in vivo studies to in silico modeling. Given that it can take up to 20 years for a final product to be approved, it is unsurprising that drug attrition rates are very high. Approaches to Pharmacokinetic Analysis.

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Maculus Therapeutix welcomes Privity FZ LLE and Prepares Capital Raise for Novel Drug Delivery Platform

Pharma Mirror

Maculus plans to raise USD3 million on a USD8 million valuation for a 12-18 month period, including initial in-vivo animal studies and completion of in-vitro / in-vivo drug elution studies. Maculus achieved the breakthrough using a patented novel tunable biodegradable proprietary product, MacuBloc.

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FDA grants approval for bluebird’s Zynteglo to treat beta-thalassemia

Pharmaceutical Technology

An ex-vivo lentiviral vector (LVV) gene therapy, Zynteglo’s every dose is made by genetically modifying the bone marrow stem cells of the patient to produce functional beta-globin. A genetic blood ailment, beta-thalassemia is caused by beta-globin gene mutations and results in a substantial decline or lack of production of adult haemoglobin.

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Viking’s weight loss drug enters an already crowded arena

Pharmaceutical Technology

According to Sara Reci, analyst at GlobalData, many late-stage pipeline products for obesity emulate what is currently on the market, and employ the GLP-1 mechanism of action. In vivo data to date suggests therapeutic plasma levels of VK2735 may be achieved via oral dosing. Following the announcement, Brian Lian, Ph.D,

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