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The Expansion of Cell Therapies in Asia-Pacific

PPD

Cell and gene therapy (CGT) studies are rapidly gaining momentum in the Asia-Pacific region, fueled by growing patient demand and a thriving ecosystem of innovation. In China, the high incidence of solid tumors is driving an urgent need for advanced therapies, spurring the push for new treatment approaches.

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

Drug Target Review

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. Could you describe the platform of macrophage biology and cell engineering used by Resolution Therapeutics in developing their cell therapies?

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Advancing neurological therapies with Dr Bruce Leuchter

Drug Target Review

There are a lot of drug development challenges that are, in some cases, unique to neuroscience, including neurological diseases, psychiatric disorders, and rare diseases affecting the nervous system. Part of the challenge is that patients present with very different kinds of clinical phenotypes, meaning the populations are heterogeneous.

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Regulator and Funder? FDA’s Orphan Products Grants Program awards significant funding to help move promising treatments through clinical development

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Background on the Grants Program Launched as part of the Orphan Drug Act of 1983, this program aims to encourage research and development of drugs, biologics, medical devices, and medical foods for rare diseases, defined as conditions that affect fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. Relative to other areas of medicine (e.g.,

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ESMO Reflections: Glimmers of Hope with the Next Wave of I-O Therapies?

LifeSciVC

At the congress, we were thrilled to share some of the clinical data emerging from our Phase 1 program , an ongoing study evaluating our potent and selective investigational CBL-B inhibitor, HST-1011, in patients with advanced solid tumors. The post ESMO Reflections: Glimmers of Hope with the Next Wave of I-O Therapies?

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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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Not all neoantigens are created equal

Drug Target Review

In most cancers, the tumour evolves by acquiring mutations that confer growth advantages or resistance to therapies. These newly formed mutated proteins are called neoantigens and they are only present on tumour cells and are not found in normal, healthy cells. This allows the cancer to evolve and develop resistance to the therapy.