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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.

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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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Trends in Pharmaceutical Mergers and Acquisitions

DrugBank

However, ensuring that these structures comply with applicable tax laws and regulations is essential to avoid potential legal and reputational risks. For example, Takeda Pharmaceutical's $62 billion acquisition of Shire plc in 2018 expanded its global footprint and tapped into Shire's strong presence in emerging markets.

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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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Meet the Patient Advocate Panelists in Our Upcoming Webinar: Rare Disease Day 2023 Wrapped, What You Need to Take Away

Conversations in Drug Development Trends

Rare Disease Day on February 28th is a chance for rare disease communities to come together as one and join in conversation with stakeholders searching for treatments, raising money to support research, and changing the way healthcare and governments interact with patients. In my case, my daughter Iris has GM1 gangliosidosis.

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Improving quality control for CAR T cell therapies

Drug Discovery World

But decades of research led to improvements in cancer therapy, centred around the idea that one’s immune system could aid in treatment. Next, the advent of antibody treatments in 1997 created the first targeted cancer therapy 2. Since 2017, five CAR T cell therapies have been approved and have shown incredible success in the clinic.

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

Agency IQ

regulatory landscape for probiotics and other microbiome-based therapies Probiotics, a type of microbiome-based therapy containing live micro-organisms, are broadly available on drug store and grocery store shelves, but the regulatory classifications for products containing the same micro-organism can differ dramatically.