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Patients show 91% response to allogeneic CAR-T therapy

Drug Discovery World

Investigators saw a 91% overall response rate (ORR) in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) following treatment with allogeneic CAR-T therapy P-BCMA-ALLO1 and lymphodepletion. P-BCMA-ALLO1 is an investigational non-viral, stem cell memory T cell (TSCM)-rich allogeneic CAR-T cell therapy.

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‘Off-the-shelf’ CAR-T secures FDA advanced therapy designation

Drug Discovery World

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to Roche and Poseida Therapeutics’ P-BCMA-ALLO1. Diana Spencer, Senior Digital Content Editor, DDW The post ‘Off-the-shelf’ CAR-T secures FDA advanced therapy designation appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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How ready are we for radioligand therapies?  

Drug Discovery World

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong speaks to Jasminka Taleska , Director, RLT HCS Readiness and Policy at Novartis, about the opportunities radioligand therapies (RLTs) represent in treating cancer patients. Its unique mechanism of action aims to deliver treatment directly to cancer cells, minimising damage to nearby healthy cells 2,5.

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Precision cancer therapies: Where are we?

Drug Discovery World

DDW’s Diana Spencer reports on the recent Avacta Therapeutics Science Day, which explored the latest exciting developments in targeted treatments for cancer and asked what advances the future might bring. She explained the mechanism by which AVA6000 can provide more precise treatment than current chemotherapies.

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Drug’s unique mechanism of action targets schizophrenia abnormalities

Drug Discovery World

Newron Pharmaceuticals has reported new findings of mechanism of action that indicate its drug candidate evenamide could be uniquely effective in patients with treatment resistant schizophrenia (TRS).

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Macrophage cell therapy: a new hope for chronic liver disease patients

Drug Target Review

What are the main challenges currently faced in the treatment of chronic liver diseases, and how does Resolution Therapeutics aim to address these challenges? Once a patient develops advanced cirrhosis/end-stage liver disease there are no specific therapies to significantly avoid major decompensations and death in the next few years.

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Expert view: What’s next for cell and gene therapy?

Drug Discovery World

What are the global innovations in cell and gene therapy? What opportunities and challenges are emerging and can therapies get to market faster? The deeper the understanding of product and process from a characterisation standpoint, the smoother the regulatory conversations and development pathway will be.” The solution?

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