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What to expect from Advanced Therapies Europe 2022

Drug Discovery World

The Phacilitate Advanced Therapies Europe 2022 conference will take place from 30 August to 1 September at the Royal Lancaster in London, UK. The conference is the European twin to Phacilitate Advanced Therapies Week, an event held in January in Florida, US. Here are a few of many discussions and events to earmark.

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Cell and gene therapies: Opportunities for innovationĀ 

Drug Discovery World

In recent years the advanced therapy industry has been the most significant disruptor in medicine. Cell and gene therapies are not only transforming the way diseases are treated but are also aiming to cure entirely new patient populations. Record breaking investments in 2021 fuel an industry on fire . billion raised.

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Validating a revolutionary therapy against lethal haemorrhageĀ 

Drug Discovery World

million from the Spanish Research Agency (AEI), under the call for grants for Public-Private Collaboration Projects, to accelerate the development of an innovative treatment aimed at controlling disabling and lethal haemorrhage.

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Early trial data supports neurodegenerative disease-modifying drug

Drug Discovery World

Biotechnology company Allyx Therapeutics has reported positive Phase Ib clinical data for its lead compound, ALX-001, a first-in-class, synapse-targeted, disease-modifying oral therapy in development for neurodegenerative diseases. All doses were well-tolerated and there were no serious adverse events.

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GLP-1 receptor agonists market to reach $125 billion by 2033

Drug Discovery World

Indeed, there are 51 products in clinical development for obesity and/or type 2 diabetes, which exploit the GLP-1 receptor agonist mechanism, often coupled with other actions.ā€ It was recently revealed that in a Phase III trial, Ozempic reduced the risk of adverse cardiovascular events in patients by 20%.

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Researchers hope to cure HIV using CAR-T cells

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University of California researchers have dosed the second participant in their clinical trial to identify a potential cure for HIV utilising CAR-T cell therapy. The trial is the first-in-human clinical study investigating the duo CAR-T cell therapy for the treatment of HIV. ā€œWe

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Bayer extends clinical development program for finerenone with Phase II study investigating the initial combination therapy with empagliflozin in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes

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Bayer announced today the initiation of the CONFIDENCE study, a Phase II, three-arm study that will investigate simultaneous initial combination therapy with finerenone and the SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin, compared with finerenone alone and empagliflozin alone respectively in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D).