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First UK patients receive experimental mRNA therapy for cancer

Drug Discovery World

The first UK patients have received an mRNA cancer therapy – mRNA-4359 – as part of a Phase I/II clinical trial investigating its potential for treating melanoma, lung cancer and other solid tumour cancers. The study will assess the therapy administered alone or in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab.

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Insights into cellular therapies for cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

Stem cell transplants have saved patients’ lives time and time again, which led us to launch our own Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program. Regarding CAR-T cell therapy, could you highlight the promising findings that have been identified in the early stages of drug discovery, as well as potential challenges?

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AI digital twins could replace control arm in clinical trials

Drug Discovery World

The paper was co-authored by analytics company Phesi and Dr Yi-Bin Chen, Director for the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Phesi created a digital twin for chronic graft versus host disease (cGvHD) in the primary treatment setting.

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GxP Best Practices for Safer, Smarter, Faster Clinical Research

Advarra

In the clinical research space, GxP is a set of quality regulations and guidelines designed to establish the safety, efficacy, and integrity of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and clinical trials. This blog explores key concepts, regulations, and the importance of GxP in delivering successful clinical trials.

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Encouraging results for RESP-X in ongoing Phase I clinical trial

Drug Discovery World

RESP-X, Infex Therapeutics’ anti-virulence therapy to treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) infections in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB) patients, has shown a promising interim safety and tolerability profile in its ongoing first-in-human Phase I clinical trial.

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How to Prioritize Pediatric Populations in NASH Trials

PPD

The number of pediatric patients diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is on the rise, yet there are currently no approved therapies to treat NAFLD and NASH in adult or pediatric populations. As therapies for the treatment of NASH in adult patients go this year to the U.S.

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Who are the AACR Scientific Achievement Award winners?

Drug Discovery World

He is being recognised for his revolutionary contributions to developing the first gene-edited cell-based therapy for cancer that involves the genetic re-engineering of a patient’s own T cells to combat their disease, and for demonstrating that adoptive T-cell therapy can induce remission and in some cases cure patients with advanced cancer.