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Cancer immunotherapy candidate provokes powerful dual response in cancer and immune cells

Broad Institute

By Allessandra DiCorato October 4, 2023 Credit: AbbVie The new small molecule inhibitor (green) sits inside the PTPN2 protein, where acidic sites are marked in red and basic sites are marked in blue. A new small-molecule drug candidate being tested in an early-stage clinical trial aims to improve patient responses to immunotherapy.

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The future of cancer immunotherapy with Elicio Therapeutics

Drug Target Review

This antigen-spreading is critical to long-term protection because tumour often develop with inconsistent antigen expression – equipping the immune response to target many diverse tumour antigens may allow for more complete anti-tumour activity. Dr Haqq holds multiple patents and publications.

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The Evolution of Plaque Psoriasis Treatments

Olympian Clinical Research

These targeted therapies revolutionized treatment, offering relief to severe cases by specifically addressing the underlying immune responses causing the disease.

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3 Characteristics of a Successful Cell and Gene Therapy Nonclinical Program

The Premier Consulting Blog

This blog will outline three characteristics of a successful nonclinical program to support entry into clinical trials for a cell or gene therapy product. Can you identify a safe AND efficacious clinical dose? Prior to clinical trials, the focus is typically on evaluating safety.

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BioNTech announces first patient dosed in Phase 2 clinical trial of mRNA-based BNT111 in patients with advanced melanoma

The Pharma Data

BNT111 is the lead product candidate from BioNTech’s FixVac platform that targets a fixed combination of mRNA-encoded, tumor-associated antigens with the objective of triggering a strong and precise immune response against cancer and is fully owned by BioNTech. About BioNTech.

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mRNA Cancer Vaccines and Therapies: An Overview

Advarra

After injection of such a vaccine, the mRNA instructs cells to produce proteins designed to stimulate an immune response against these same protein targets when they show up in viruses or in tumor cells. Immunomodulatory Proteins Immunomodulators are molecules influencing the pathways regulating the body’s immune system activities.

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The power of combinations in blood cancers

Drug Target Review

These regimens frequently include one or two small molecule inhibitors and immuno-oncology (IO) therapies, such as monoclonal antibodies and T-cell engagers. To bring us closer to curing cancer, a combination of effective drugs with non-overlapping mechanisms of action is required.