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Study proves efficacy of novel protein conjugate in autoimmune disease

Drug Discovery World

VALANX Biotech has reported successful in vivo results in its lead programme VLX101 for the treatment of a range of autoimmune diseases. Protein drugs hold great promise as therapeutics for a wide range of diseases, however, one of the greatest challenges is their short circulation half-life.

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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. What improvements in protein expression and durability have been demonstrated by the circVec 2.1

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Enhertu Approved in the U.S. for the Treatment of Patients With Previously Treated HER2 Positive Advanced Gastric Cancer

The Pharma Data

for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2 positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma who have received a prior trastuzumab-based regimen. .–(BUSINESS WIRE) January 15, 2021 — Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd. In the U.S., Sammons Cancer Center and the W.W. Caruth, Jr.

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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

1,2 While first-line treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors with or without chemotherapy has improved outcomes for patients with NSCLC without AGAs, like EGFR or ALK, most patients eventually experience disease progression. 3,4,5 TROP2 is a protein expressed in more than 90% of NSCLC tumors.

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Present Treatments & Hopeful Future Directions for ALS Pharmacotherapies

Conversations in Drug Development Trends

Since marketing authorization for the first breakthrough treatment in 1994, the steady increase in clinical trials reflects the community’s commitment to finding effective ALS treatments despite the numerous hurdles associated with clinical trial design, from proof-of-concept to pivotal trials.

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Unlocking the potential of mRNA for the future treatment of rare diseases 

Drug Discovery World

With only 10% of these conditions indicated for an approved therapy, there is a sizable opportunity for scientists and companies to develop treatments for patients with no other options to turn to. The post Unlocking the potential of mRNA for the future treatment of rare diseases appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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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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