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CBD Research: A Dive into the Regulations of Cannabis Research

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The 2018 Farm Bill. The 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp from the Controlled Substance Act. Importantly, the 2018 Farm Bill preserved FDA authority to regulate products with cannabis or cannabis-derived compounds under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act and Section 351 of the Public Health Service Act.

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FDA Approves Roche’s ENSPRYNG for Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD)

The Pharma Data

First and only FDA-approved subcutaneous treatment option for anti-aquaporin-4 antibody positive NMOSD that can be self-administered by a person with NMOSD or a caregiver every four weeks. First and only approved therapy for NMOSD designed to target and inhibit interleukin-6 receptor activity, using novel recycling antibody technology.

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Brain organoids: a fascinating and powerful tool for drug discovery

Drug Target Review

Since brain organoids can be derived from either diseased or healthy patients, they can recapitulate human (patho)physiology making them a better choice compared to mammalian cell systems that often fail to recapitulate the human phenotype. Interneuron migration is regulated by L-type calcium channels (LTCCs), encoded by the CACNA1C gene.

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Who are the AACR Scientific Achievement Award winners?

Drug Discovery World

He is being recognised for his revolutionary contributions to developing the first gene-edited cell-based therapy for cancer that involves the genetic re-engineering of a patient’s own T cells to combat their disease, and for demonstrating that adoptive T-cell therapy can induce remission and in some cases cure patients with advanced cancer.

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You The FDA tried to call the dietary supplement industry’s bluff. It appears to have blinked.

Agency IQ

BY CHELSEY MCINTYRE, PHARMD | JUN 3, 2024 8:43 PM CDT Regulatory background: DSHEA and dietary supplements The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act ( DSHEA ) of 1994 defines the FDA’s authority in the regulation of dietary supplement products and dietary ingredients. See AgencyIQ’s analysis of the draft guidance here. ]

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You The U.S. regulatory landscape for probiotics and other microbiome-based therapies

Agency IQ

Synthetic biotics have been engineered to perform a variety of functions: “ Several classes of effectors have been engineered into bacteria, including enzyme pathways that metabolize disease-causing toxins, production of protein effectors, and production of small-molecule effectors,” according to a recent article on the topic.

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New data show Roche’s ENSPRYNG (satralizumab) significantly reduces severity and risk of relapse in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD)

The Pharma Data

Basel, 10 September 2020 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) will present new ENSPRYNG® (satralizumab) data on reducing relapse severity in the treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), a rare disease of the central nervous system. ENSPRYNG is approved in Canada, Japan, Switzerland and the U.S.