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Beyond immunotherapy: Could RNA modifying enzymes boost response rates? 

Drug Discovery World

The research underpinning the CTLA-4 and PD-1 technologies resulted in the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018 for the researchers and teams who pioneered them – James Allison of the University of California, Berkeley, and Tasuku Honjo at Kyoto University, respectively.

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New avenues for rare disease treatment

Drug Target Review

More than 7,000 rare diseases – conditions that affect fewer than 1 in 2,000 people – have been identified, and1 in 17 people will develop a rare disease in their lifetime, with children disproportionately affected. Most of these conditions are genetic in origin and the majority have no effective treatment.

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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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Taking a new approach to tackle neurodegenerative diseases

Drug Discovery World

Oligomerix’s portfolio of compounds is expected to provide a potentially lower-cost treatment alternative and/or complement to the newly emerging high-cost therapeutic options such as the monoclonal antibody products. Global dementia prevalence is expected to increase to 152 million in 2050, a 204% increase compared to 2018.

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

Drug Discovery World

According to NCBI, most of the ADCs developed so far are for use in the treatment of cancer, but there is plenty of potential for using ADCs to treat other diseases 1. To overcome this challenge, Synaffix has developed an innovative technology platform that can rapidly and efficiently convert any antibody into an ADC.

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Cancer immunotherapy: GDF-15’s role in Anti-PD-1 resistance

Drug Target Review

We will explore how GDF-15 impacts the tumour microenvironment and hinders the infiltration of T cells into the tumour, as well as the implications of neutralising GDF-15 to reverse its inhibitory effects and sensitise tumours to anti-PD-1 treatment. T-cell infiltration is a prerequisite for responses to checkpoint inhibitors.

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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].