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New drug boosts foetal haemoglobin to fight sickle cell disease

Drug Target Review

Results of the Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anaemia published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2003, indicated that the use of hydroxyurea, the only drug approved at the time, reduced mortality as it reduced pain crises and increased foetal haemoglobin.

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Eclectic Genomics: Cat Flu, Dolphin Adaptation to Climate Change, Predicting Cancer, and Diagnosing Rare Disease

PLOS: DNA Science

That information led, thanks to vaccine shelved from the first SARS circa 2003, to the rapid development and deployment of mRNA vaccines against the new infectious disease. Next up: testing in real-world settings and submission of clinical trial findings to the FDA.

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CAR-NK cells: promising for cancer therapy

Drug Target Review

They do not induce ‘graft versus host’ disease when transplanted for allogeneic therapy and there appears little sign of immune rejection. Up until 2023 around 600 NK cell clinical trials have been reported and some 200 are clinically active and still recruiting patients. He was the founding CEO of the Australian Stem Cell Centre.

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New Drug Miplyffa Approved for Rare Niemann-Pick Disease Type 3

PLOS: DNA Science

FDA approved a treatment for type 3 of the ultra-rare genetic disease September 20. The quest has been ongoing for three decades, said Laurie Turner, Family Services Manager of the National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation. The original approved was in 2003 to treat a type of Gaucher disease. million a year. In the U.S.,

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A novel class of drug candidates for neurodegenerative diseases

Drug Target Review

These data, showing new functionality, indicate morADC have the potential for first- and best-in-class efficacy against multiple therapeutic targets involved in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.

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Alzheimer’s disease community from our Head of Research and Development, Alfred Sandrock, M.D., Ph.D.

The Pharma Data

NOTE: ADUHELM TM (aducanumab-avwa)injection 100 mg/mL solutionis indicated for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Treatment with ADUHELM should be initiated in patients with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia stage of disease, the population in which treatment was initiated in clinical trials. Biogen Inc.

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Nirsevimab demonstrated protection against respiratory syncytial virus disease in healthy infants in Phase 3 trial

The Pharma Data

Nirsevimab demonstrate d protect ion against respiratory syncytial virus disease in healthy infants in Phase 3 trial. The overall safety profile of nirsevimab in the trial remains consistent with previously reported results. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is the leading cause of hospitalization in all infants. 1 – 5.

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