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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

In most cancers, the tumour evolves by acquiring mutations that confer growth advantages or resistance to therapies. 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.

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The power of combinations in blood cancers

Drug Target Review

2 It is this complexity that necessitates powerful, targeted combination therapies. 4, 5 More recently, new combination regimens have emerged that incorporate targeted therapies to treat a variety of blood cancers, including multiple myeloma (MM), chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML).

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How mice with humanised immune systems are advancing cell-based immunotherapy

Drug Discovery World

Although immunotherapy has revolutionised cancer therapy, the effectiveness of currently available immunotherapies varies significantly across patients and treatment types. As a result, researchers are striving to continually improve immuno-oncology approaches using the patient’s own immune cells to combat tumours.

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Clover Biopharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase 1 Data for its Adjuvanted S-Trimer COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates

The Pharma Data

Strong Th1 cell-mediated immune responses were also observed for the vaccine candidates with either adjuvant. We are encouraged by the high level of neutralizing antibodies in combination with the strong Th1 response which we believe could play an important role in controlling infection.

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BioSpace Global Roundup: Companies Slash Prices to Meet China’s Health Coverage

The Pharma Data

This week, Bloomberg reported companies agreed to slash the prices of 119 new therapies that treat a range of illnesses, including pulmonary disease, lupus, diabetes and cancer. Multiple drugmakers agreed to cut prices of some of their newest drugs by as much as 50% in order to receive coverage from China’s national insurance program.

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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.