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Targeting the immunotherapy potential of cytokines IL-12 and IL-18 with new advancements in protein engineering

Drug Target Review

Clinical development of IL-18 therapies has been curtailed, however, by the protein’s lack of efficacy. Our vision is the same throughout the clinical development process – bring new options to patients who may need them the most.

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Women in STEM with Charlotte Owens

Drug Target Review

After medical school and residency I decided to dedicate my life to women and specialised in obstetrics and gynaecology. I graduated with my BS in physiology and later attended the University of Michigan Medical School.

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Women in Stem with Dr Amber D. Van Laar

Drug Target Review

During my training, I saw US medical school admissions reach parity. I believe that breakthrough discoveries will continue to advance the development of these therapies and transform outcomes for patients and their loved ones. There is still more work to be done to address this skew.

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VarmX appoints Dr. Gerard Short as Chief Medical Officer

The Pharma Data

Gerard Short, MBBS, as Chief Medical Officer (CMO). As CMO, Dr. Short will be responsible for overseeing the clinical development of VarmX’s pipeline, including progression of its lead product, VMX-C001, into clinical proof of concept and registrational studies.

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EdiGene Expands Management Team by Appointment of Head of US Subsidiary Dr. Bo Zhang and Head of Business Development Dr. Kehua Fan

The Pharma Data

Zhang completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Kehua Fan has over 15 years of Business Development, Clinical Development of innovative drugs and other healthcare industry experience with MNCs and biotech companies. He received his B.S.

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BioSpace Movers & Shakers. Dec. 4

The Pharma Data

Previously, he served on the faculties of the medical schools of Indiana University and Vanderbilt University. BioAge – Paul Rubin was named CMO of BioAge and will lead the company’s clinical development efforts.

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Breast Cancer

The Pharma Data

“These longer-term results show the durable overall survival benefit of sacituzumab govitecan over traditional chemotherapy in pre-treated HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer,” said Sara Tolaney, MD, MPH, Chief of the Division of Breast Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. “At