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Lilly and Kumquat Biosciences Announce Collaboration to Discover and Develop Novel Small Molecules that Stimulate Tumor-Specific Immune Responses

The Pharma Data

Loxo Oncology at Lilly, a research and development group of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), and Kumquat Biosciences today announced an exclusive collaboration focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of potential novel small molecules that stimulate tumor-specific immune responses.

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Not all neoantigens are created equal

Drug Target Review

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 potential of CD24 in cancer immunotherapy

Drug Target Review

This interaction inhibits inflammation and immune activation, and in particular prevents macrophages from phagocytosing and destroying cancer cells. By blocking CD24 with an antibody drug, our goal is to powerfully reactivate the anti-cancer immune response and drive therapeutic efficacy.

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Novavax Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Development Progress

The Pharma Data

NVX-CoV2373 was created using Novavax’ recombinant nanoparticle technology to generate antigen derived from the coronavirus spike (S) protein adjuvanted with Novavax’ patented saponin-based Matrix-M to enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies.

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4-1BB and the critical importance of local control

SugarCone Biotech

[link] Immunity is complex and can be dangerous when exploited clinically, as demonstrated by the lethal administration of TNF, or anti-CD40L antibody (Biogen) or CAR-T cells expressing the CD16 Fc-receptor (Unum), among many other examples. This is the T cell type most closely associated with anti-tumor immune responses.

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A research team searches for every gene that helps tumors evade immunotherapy

Broad Institute

As a first step, Manguso set his sights on treatments called PD-1 checkpoint inhibitors, which at the time had shown tremendous promise in clinical trials and would receive their first FDA approval in 2014. The findings suggest a complex, context-dependent relationship between IFNγ signaling and the anti-tumor immune response.

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Unveiling neoantigen-directed cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

This exclusive interview with Dr Sharon Benzeno, Chief Commercial Officer, Immune Medicine at Adaptive Biotechnologies, unveils some ground-breaking research on T- cell therapy for cancer , which has seen the first TCR-based therapeutic candidate progress to clinical development, offering promising advancements in innovative cancer treatments.

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