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Transcending expectations for cell & gene therapy development

Drug Discovery World

David Lewandowski, Business Director of Cell & Gene Therapy at Azenta Life Sciences, explains how efficient sample management can help to work efficiently and bring therapies to market faster. The global cell and gene therapy (CGT) market reached a value of ~$4 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow to ~$34 billion by 2030 1.

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Merck Announces Retirement of Dr. Roy D. Baynes; Dr. Eliav Barr Appointed Head of Global Clinical Development and Chief Medical Officer

The Pharma Data

Baynes, head of Global Clinical Development (GCD) and Chief Medical Officer, Merck Research Laboratories (MRL), will be retiring from Merck in July. He also led the expansion of Merck’s research and development in China and Japan. “It Baynes will be succeeded by Dr. Eliav Barr, senior vice president, Global Clinical Development.

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12 key industry appointments

Drug Discovery World

Renos Savva, Head of Innovation, Discovery Park Savva’s previous experience includes co-founding Domainex, recognised by the Financial Times in 2018 as the ‘fastest-growing drug discovery contract research organisation in Europe’, and developing and delivering the postgraduate Bio-business programme at Birkbeck University.

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Taking a new approach to tackle neurodegenerative diseases

Drug Discovery World

“Global dementia prevalence is expected to increase to 152 million in 2050, a 204% increase compared to 2018. billion in 2013 to less than $3 billion in 2018) due to loss of patent protection for the five FDA approved pharmacologic treatments available for AD, none of which slow or stop the damage from the disease. .

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Three trends in the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) market 

Drug Discovery World

A market research report published in late June 2018 by HTF market Intelligence Consulting suggested that the ADC market in China would grow exponentially by 2023 4. The multicenter, open-label Phase I clinical study in patients with advanced solid tumors aims to evaluate the safety and tolerability of BAT8008.

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Hummingbird Bioscience Announces Collaboration with Tempus to Harness AI-driven Precision Medicine to Accelerate Clinical Development of HMBD-001 In HER3 Driven Cancers

The Pharma Data

NRG1 fusions are a rare genetic mutation that are increasingly recognized as a driver of multiple tumor malignancies, and an actionable target for HER3 targeted therapy. Up to 1% of all solid tumors harbor NRG1 fusions, therefore, it is important to identify this patient population and develop therapies that can treat them. [1].

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Not all neoantigens are created equal

Drug Target Review

In most cancers, the tumour evolves by acquiring mutations that confer growth advantages or resistance to therapies. However, if the therapy targets only the subclonal (branch) mutations, this will result in the mere ‘pruning’ of specific branches rather than elimination of the whole cancer.