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Women in Stem with Andrea Pfeifer

Drug Target Review

Then I was approached to co-found AC Immune in 2003. Food and Drug Administration for our Alzheimer’s vaccine candidate, ACI-24.060. COVID-19 has shown the revolutionary impact of vaccines. Our investigational active immunisation therapies could potentially delay or perhaps even prevent the onset of clinical dementia symptoms.

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Antibody-drug conjugates payloads: then, now and next

Drug Target Review

10 Proteasome inhibitors Since the approval of Bortezomib in 2003, 11 new proteasome inhibitors have emerged with reduced side effects. Dual payload ADCs As effective as therapies have been in treating solid and haematological cancers, tumour heterogeneity and resistance remain major clinical challenges.

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Enlisting Monoclonal Antibodies in the Fight Against COVID-19

NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

Just one infusion of this combination antibody therapy lowered the amount of viral genetic material in the animals’ lungs by as much as 30 percent compared to the amount in untreated animals. Meanwhile, there’s been other impressive recent progress towards the development of monoclonal antibody therapies for COVID-19. In the U.S.

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China’s National Medical Products Administration approves Benlysta (belimumab) for adult patients with active lupus nephritis

The Pharma Data

The approval extends the current indication in China as add-on therapy in adults and children aged five years and older with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). 8) despite standard therapy. Benlysta, combined with standard therapy, is indicated in adult patients with active lupus nephritis. About lupus.

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U.S. FDA ACCEPTS FOR PRIORITY REVIEW

The Pharma Data

FDA ACCEPTS FOR PRIORITY REVIEW PFIZER’S APPLICATION FOR TICOVAC (TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE). If approved, the vaccine may help reduce the risk of TBE for people traveling to endemic areas, potentially including military personnel serving in these locations. 1,2 If approved, TicoVac would be the first vaccine in the U.S.

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CHMP positive opinion recommending approval of Benlysta for adult patients with active lupus nephritis

The Pharma Data

The adverse reactions observed in BLISS-LN were consistent with the known safety profile of Benlysta administered intravenously plus standard therapy in patients with SLE. positive anti-dsDNA and low complement) despite standard therapy. positive anti dsDNA and low complement) despite standard therapy. About the BLISS-LN study.

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Welcome to Asimov Press

Codon

A first draft of the human genome was completed in 2003. At least six CAR-T cancer therapies have now garnered F.D.A. Laundry may not be as immediately headline-grabbing as new cancer therapies, but it provides a concrete and ingenious solution to a demonstrable need. Mechanisms: Biotechnology shouldn’t be a mystery.