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Renaissance Pharma licenses Hu14.18 for neuroblastoma

Drug Discovery World

Renaissance Pharma has announced its first development programme focused on Hu14.18, a humanised anti-GD2 monoclonal antibody (mAb), licensed from St Jude Children’s Research Hospital for the treatment of newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma. and three-year event-free (EFS) of 73.7%. A novel Phase II trial incorporating Hu14.18

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Partnership to fast-track MERS vaccine

Drug Discovery World

If the Phase II clinical trials are successful, an investigational ready reserve of 100,000 doses will be developed to quickly enter clinical trials in the event of a substantial outbreak.

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AvantGen Announces Licensing of Its Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 Therapy Development

The Pharma Data

a San Diego-based biotechnology company with an array of technology platforms for antibody discovery and optimization, and novel NK and T cell engager generation, today announced licensing of a panel of its anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody clones to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 therapy development.

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Drug discovery quarterly review: Second quarter 2023  

Drug Discovery World

Total revenue from oncology medicines increased 22%, CVRM 20%, R&I8 10%, and rare disease 12%. Additionally, Abrysvo was approved for use at 32-36 weeks gestational age of pregnancy to prevent lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) and severe LRTD caused by RSV in infants from birth to six months of age.

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J&J presents successful data from plaque psoriasis trial  

Drug Discovery World

of patients experienced adverse events (AEs), with no evidence of dose-dependent increase in AEs, including gastrointestinal disorders. The most frequently reported AEs were nasopharyngitis (18.1%), upper respiratory tract infection (9.7%) and Covid-19 (5.3%). at 16 weeks and 76.2% Across JNJ-2113 treatment groups, 58.6%

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Pfizer and BioNTech Initiate Rolling Submission of Biologics License Application for U.S. FDA Approval of Their COVID 19 Vaccine

The Pharma Data

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine has not been approved or licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but has been authorized for emergency use by FDA under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to prevent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for use in individuals 16 years of age and older. AUTHORIZED USE IN THE U.S.:

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Combination therapy recommended for NHS use for advanced biliary tract cancer 

Drug Discovery World

This means durvalumab was granted intellectual property (IP) and included in the Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP), which aims to reduce the time it takes innovative treatments to be made available to NHS patients. Grade 3 or 4 treatment-related adverse events (AEs) were experienced by 60.9% 0.97, p=0.021). months to 12.9

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