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New therapy for Huntington’s disease gets £35 million boost

Drug Discovery World

LoQus23 was founded in 2019 by Entrepreneurs in Residence at DDF Dr David Reynolds, Dr Caroline Benn, and Dr Ruth McKernan CBE, FMedSci and seeded by SV’s Dementia Discovery Fund. The financing round was led by Forbion, alongside existing investors SV Health Investors’ Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF) and Novartis Venture Fund (NVF).

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A new drug approval for the vanguard of RNA-targeted small molecules

Dark Matter Blog

A few years ago, at Arrakis Therapeutics, we set out to conquer a strange new territory, drugging RNA structures with small molecules. Using gene therapy, their approach was beautifully straightforward – “Missing an important gene? The agent, onasemnogene abeparvovec, was approved by the FDA in 2019 and is marketed as Zolgensma.

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Looking beyond traditional oncogenic pathways to break cancer resistance

Drug Target Review

Most targeted cancer therapies used today operate by inhibiting targets along well-known oncogenic signalling cascades. The reactivation of oncogenic signalling upstream or downstream of the driving oncogene is a well-studied source of resistance to targeted cancer therapies.

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Sosei Heptares and Biohaven Enter Global Collaboration and License Agreement to Advance Novel Small-Molecule CGRP Antagonist Portfolio

The Pharma Data

Biohaven acquires exclusive global rights to a portfolio of novel, small-molecule CGRP antagonists. We look forward to working on this new collaboration with Biohaven, a world leader in the clinical development of CGRP-targeted therapies.” TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, England , Dec. Vlad Coric , M.D.,

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What’s interesting about the Australian drug discovery sector? 

Drug Discovery World

Its snapshot report aimed to provide both an overview of the sector in Australia to determine how the sector has changed since this data was collected in 2017 and 2019 2. . The number of employees behind our biotech companies has also expanded, increasing 21% compared with 2019 from approximately 87,397 people in 2019 to 105,569 in 2022.

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The new approach in cancer therapy with innovative mechanism-of-action for ferroptosis induction

The Pharma Data

The new approach in cancer therapy with innovative mechanism-of-action for ferroptosis induction A team of researchers led by Dr. Marcus Conrad from Helmholtz Munich discovered a novel anti-cancer drug, called icFSP1, which sensitizes cancer cells to ferroptosis.

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Sumitovant to Snap Up Development Partner Urovant Sciences

The Pharma Data

As its name aptly suggests, Urovant is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapies for urologic conditions such as overactive bladder (OAB) and maladies involving adjacent areas of the human anatomy. . The condition is most prevalent in men. .

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