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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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Not all neoantigens are created equal

Drug Target Review

These neoantigens are identified by T cells of the immune system as foreign proteins and thus trigger an immune response. Neoantigens are recognised as non-self and trigger an immune response. Patients with high numbers of clonal neoantigens show improved disease-free survival.

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Kala Gets the Greenlight from FDA for Dry Eye Disease Treatment

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved EYSUVIS for the short-term treatment of dry eye disease. . adults have been diagnosed with dry eye disease, a chronic, episodic, multifactorial disease. It also increases your risk for inflamed cornea, cornea eye disease, corneal ulcers and injuries, and eye infections. .

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Women in STEM with Delphine Guyon-Gellin

Drug Target Review

Last summer, we published a first signal of efficacy in humans in the LANCET Infectious Diseases for our lead broad-spectrum influenza candidate, OVX836. About the author Delphine Guyon-Gellin Chief Business Development Officer at Osivax She joined the company in 2018 with 15 years of experience in vaccine business and strategy.

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The power of combinations in blood cancers

Drug Target Review

Advances in disease understanding and combination strategies in haematology We now know that blood cancers are characterised by molecular and phenotypic heterogeneity. Published 2018 Nov 13. 2 It is this complexity that necessitates powerful, targeted combination therapies. Available at: [link] Accessed October 2023. Front Pharmacol.

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Sanofi and Translate Bio initiate Phase 1/2 clinical trial of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate

The Pharma Data

Clinical trial to assess safety, immune response and reactogenicity, after preclinical data showed high neutralizing antibody levels. Preclinical data showed that two immunizations of the mRNA vaccine induced high neutralizing antibody levels that are comparable to the upper range of those observed in infected humans.

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Laurie Glimcher

Broad Institute

A trailblazer in cancer research, Glimcher's research identified key transcriptional regulators of protective immunity and the origin of pathophysiologic immune responses underlying autoimmune, infectious, and malignant diseases. Glimcher is the recipient of many awards and honors.