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2024 predictions: Experts comment on monoclonal antibodies 

Drug Discovery World

DDW’s Megan Thomas speaks to experts from the drug discovery industry about their predictions on what 2024 holds for our sector. Amanda Halford, President Bioprocess, Cytiva “In 2024, the emphasis will remain on novel mAbs, specifically antibody drug conjugates. This is part of a series of predictions based on different themes.

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Therapeutic antibody potential in 2024

Drug Discovery World

DDW’s Megan Thomas speaks to industry experts and thought leaders about the potential for therapeutic antibodies in 2024. Artificial intelligence (AI) AI is on everyone’s minds as we head into 2024; of course, this is across not just the drug discovery spectrum but is particularly relevant to therapeutic antibodies.

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Europe: Where is the drug discovery innovation?

Drug Discovery World

The company is now investigating a promising gene therapy for Huntingdon’s disease in a Phase I/II trial, with patients already showing signs of preserved neurological function. The rights for etranacogene dezaparvovec were subsequently sold to CSL Pharmaceuticals. This pedigree has attracted beneficial international collaborations.

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SLAS2024 speaker news: Proximity-inducing drugs, a new target space

Drug Discovery World

In a first for 2024, DDW will be hosting the SLAS Ignite Theater track on the theme of ‘Innovation & technology: from lab to patient’. It will take place at SLAS2024 in Boston on 5 and 6 February 2024 and is co-sponsored by Integra Biosciences and Hamamatsu Corporation.

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Tackling pain and mental health with plant-based medicines

Drug Discovery World

MJ : From the first known reference to medicinal use of plants on a Mesoptamian clay tablet written during the third millennium BC to the FDA approval of the blockbuster anticancer drug Taxol in the 1990s, natural products from plants have been at the forefront of efforts to overcome human diseases, such as cancers, hypertension, and pain.

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Key industry partnerships advancing drug discovery

Drug Discovery World

Makoto Inoue, President and Representative Director of Otsuka Pharmaceutical commented: “Otsuka is committed to the development of drugs for rare diseases such as autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). This agreement is aligned with our strategy to initially focus our commercialisation efforts on the US market.

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A new viral surveillance system in West Africa is showing the world how to prevent the next pandemic

Broad Institute

By Allessandra DiCorato April 25, 2024 As night fell on July 20th, 2014, genomicist Christian Happi was at home with his family in Lagos, Nigeria when he received a phone call he would never forget. He started to imagine how the deadly and contagious disease, if confirmed, might spread to half the city’s population. Happi felt chilled.

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