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Enhancing gene therapy with Circio

Drug Target Review

Secondly, circRNAs can be engineered for more efficient protein expression by carefully selecting and optimising the IRES element, a sequence motif derived from viruses and used to initiate cap-independent translation from circRNA. There are three major reasons for why Circio has selected AATD as its lead gene therapy program.

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FDA Issues “Cliffs Notes”-style Guidance on Cell and Gene Therapy; What Questions Did They Answer? (Part 1)

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Valentine On November 19, 2024, FDA released a draft guidance titled Frequently Asked Questions Developing Potential Cellular and Gene Therapy Products. The draft guidance describes various methods to assess either cell distribution for cell therapy products or vector biodistribution for gene therapy products.

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Five Promising Treatment Areas in Early-Phase Drug Development in 2024

Alta Sciences

Psychedelics Psychedelic therapy (or psychedelic-assisted therapy) refers to the use of psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, ketamine, and ayahuasca, to treat mental disorders, especially those that have no effective treatments available or are treatment resistant.

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Biopharma Money on the Move: December 2 – 8

The Pharma Data

Since partnering with Eli Lilly to produce the first monoclonal antibody therapy approved for mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients, antibody discovery company AbCellera is going big on the Nasdaq. BioAge is on the cusp of taking pilot therapies BGE-117 and BGE-175 into clinical trials, targeting the first half of 2021.

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Datopotamab Deruxtecan Combinations Showed Encouraging TumorResponses in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer inTROPION-Lung02 Phase 1b trial

The Pharma Data

3,4,5 TROP2 is a protein expressed in more than 90% of NSCLC tumors. Rahway, NJ, USA), an anti-PD-1 therapy. 3,4,5 TROP2 is a protein expressed in more than 90% of NSCLC tumors. Rahway, NJ, USA), an anti-PD-1 therapy. More than one million people are diagnosed with NSCLC at an advanced stage each year.

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Valneva and Pfizer Report Positive Phase 2 Pediatric Data for Lyme Disease Vaccine Candidate

The Pharma Data

About VLA15 VLA15 is the only Lyme disease vaccine candidate currently in clinical development. This investigational multivalent protein subunit vaccine uses an established mechanism of action for a Lyme disease vaccine that targets the outer surface protein A (OspA) of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.

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VALNEVA AND PFIZER COMPLETE RECRUITMENT FOR PHASE 2 TRIAL OF LYME DISEASE VACCINE CANDIDATE

The Pharma Data

Positive top-line results have already been reported for two Phase 2 clinical trials of VLA15 in over 800 healthy adults. VLA15 is the only active Lyme disease vaccine candidate in clinical development today, and covers six serotypes that are prevalent in North America and Europe. About VLA15.

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