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CAR-NK cells: promising for cancer therapy

Drug Target Review

Up until 2023 around 600 NK cell clinical trials have been reported and some 200 are clinically active and still recruiting patients. The vast majority (65/74; 88%) of those trials involved NK cells without CARs; while only 12 percent were CAR-NK studies. Only three of the CAR-NK studies were for the treatment of solid tumours.

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Gamma delta T cells: a rising star in cancer therapy

Drug Target Review

Over the past 25 years, T-cell therapies have gained significant ground in the treatment of cancer. Preclinical research on γδ T cells has made great strides since the cells were first identified in the 1980s, with γδ T-cell therapies from several companies, including IN8bio, now in or nearing clinical trials for various cancers.

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AIM ImmunoTech Announces Availability of the ME/CFS Clinical Trial of its Drug Ampligen for Enrollment to COVID-19 ‘Long Haulers’Institutional Review Board Authorizes Public Notification for Potential Enrollment of Subjects

The Pharma Data

Eligible patients enrolled in the trial receive treatment with AIM’s flagship pipeline drug Ampligen. The Ampligen EAP protocol is authorized to enroll up to 100 active trial participants, 20 of whom may be Long Haulers. All study subjects will receive the same Ampligen treatments. development pipeline for ME/CFS.

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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.

Disease 80
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FDA Approves Klisyri (tirbanibulin) for the Treatment of Actinic Keratosis on the Face or Scalp

The Pharma Data

FDA Approves Klisyri (tirbanibulin) for the Treatment of Actinic Keratosis on the Face or Scalp. NASDAQ: ATNX), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies for the treatment of cancer and related conditions, today announced that the U.S. BUFFALO, N.Y.,

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Women in Stem with Andrea Pfeifer

Drug Target Review

Then I was approached to co-found AC Immune in 2003. We are the only company in the world including this population in any Alzheimer’s drug trial, and we are very proud of this! It means that we are not making the same progress in developing treatments for patients that we could be. We also have different perspectives as women.

Disease 95
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New understanding of the TMEJ pathway in cancer

Drug Target Review

In 2003, Dr Richard Wood, distinguished Professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, was a crucial part of the first characterisation of polymerase theta. His and Dr Stroik’s new research will help new cancer drugs called polymerase theta inhibitors, which are currently in clinical trials. Annual Review of Genetics.

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