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UK lags behind on access to treatments for rare diseases

Drug Discovery World

The UK lags comparable countries, including France and Germany, on the degree of availability of treatments for rare diseases, according to a new report. The report by the BIA and consultancy firm PwC has highlighted the progress that has been made in improving access to rare disease treatments in the UK, and the challenges that remain.

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Diabetic eye disease: The urgent need for early, non-invasive treatments

Drug Discovery World

Dr Catherine Beech , CEO at Exonate and Dr Pete Adamson , CSO at Breye Therapeutics discuss the need for better therapies to treat diabetic retinal disease and current progress in the field. Specific numerical values (steps) denote the severity of NPDR, with 47-53 describing the moderately severe disease. orally administered compounds.

Disease 162
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CBD Research: A Dive into the Regulations of Cannabis Research

Advarra

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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Condensate biology: advancing drug discovery for complex diseases

Drug Target Review

Dewpoint Therapeutics, a platform drug discovery company founded in 2018, has been at the forefront of this exciting field. Dewpoint’s breakthrough was the realisation that certain condensates are associated with human diseases. Klein notes the importance of Dewpoint’s disease-agnostic approach.

Disease 98
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Human organoid research offers insights into gut cell differentiation

Drug Target Review

They identified ZNF800 as a key regulator of the differentiation of a specific gut cell type, the enteroendocrine cells. The findings may have implications for our understanding of gastrointestinal diseases and endocrine disorders, as well as pancreatic development and diabetes. 2018 February 8 [2023 November 1];172(4):650-65.

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Addressing increasingly resistant drugs by infectious agents

Drug Target Review

There have been several studies that have reported the ability of infectious disease agents to be drug resistant. Infectious agent includes bacteria, virus, fungi, and parasites, and they are capable of causing disease in a living organism. They could be spread by physical contact, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, or vector-borne.

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Long Covid: A call to action for drug developers

Drug Discovery World

Akin to a computer’s central processing unit, mitochondria orchestrate broad ranging processes pertaining to cellular health, including metabolism, energy, and immune regulation. To date there is a significant lag and deficit in funding of therapeutics trials, and most of the focus has been on elucidating mechanisms of disease.