Drug Target Review

JUNE 27, 2023

This ebook delves into the intricate world of cancer therapies, immune system breakthroughs, therapeutic genetic engineering, and groundbreaking advancements in gene editing, featuring insightful interviews with renowned experts in the field.

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Drug Target Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

functions to reset the immune system and potentially provide remission for allergic diseases? 1104 acts upstream in the inflammatory response, targeting one of the first key players: antigen-presenting cells (APCs). In allergic diseases, APCs identify and present unknown antigens to the immune system.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

How can PDOs revolutionise drug discovery and deepen our understanding of disease? Patient-derived organoids (PDOs) are proliferative 3D cell structures derived from tissue samples of both healthy and diseased tissue. Improved translatability to the patient and the disease state.

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Plenge Gen

APRIL 7, 2020

Pharmacologic intervention has the opportunity to impact disease progression in the SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 crisis. Repurposing of approved therapies is the fastest way to impact patients today, as these medicines have regulatory approval to enable investigator-initiated trials and have a manufacturing process to ensure drug supply.

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PLOS: DNA Science

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In the final chapter of my 2012 book The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It , I predicted that the technology would soon expand well beyond the rare disease world. Gene therapy clearly hasn’t had a major impact on health care, offering extremely expensive treatments for a few individuals with rare diseases.

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Drug Target Review

JULY 7, 2023

Approximately three percent of the global population — 240 million people — experience autoantibody diseases, which occur when one’s own body attacks critical organs and tissues. Antibodies protect us by attaching to molecules on those invaders (known as antigens) and triggering our body’s natural immune response to destroy them.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 16, 2021

Better activation of innate and adaptive immune responses was achieved with CV2CoV, resulting in faster response onset, higher titers of antibodies, and stronger memory B and T cell activation as compared to the first-generation candidate, CVnCoV. “In Induction of innate immunity was investigated via specific cytokine markers.

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PLOS: DNA Science

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Last week DNA Science covered a setback in a clinical trial of a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Also recently, FDA’s Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committe turned down a stem cell treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, aka ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease, or motor neuron disease.

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Drug Target Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

NK cells are among the front line of protection from infected and abnormal cells as part of the ‘innate immune response’. They recognise ‘cell stress molecules’ on the surface of infected, old, injured and cancerous cells without the need for complex pre-stimulation signals of the adaptive immune system (eg, T cells).

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Codon

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Tom Ireland writes about the companies and technologies that are reimagining phage therapy. Soon after its publication, scientists, journalists, and investors were revisiting ‘phage therapy’ as a promising alternative to our failing antibiotics. alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Drug Target Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

NK cells are among the front line of protection from infected and abnormal cells as part of the ‘innate immune response’. They recognise ‘cell stress molecules’ on the surface of infected, old, injured and cancerous cells without the need for complex pre-stimulation signals of the adaptive immune system (eg, T cells).

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Alta Sciences

JANUARY 11, 2024

It is estimated that there are over 6,000 monogenic diseases, affecting over 350 million people worldwide; for these diseases, cell and gene therapy may provide hope for a cure. However, there are significant challenges associated with the successful development of these complex, leading-edge therapies.

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The Premier Consulting Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

Development of cell and gene therapies is growing rapidly, given the major advances in genomic technologies and increasing scientific understanding of genetic regulation and immunology. This blog will outline three characteristics of a successful nonclinical program to support entry into clinical trials for a cell or gene therapy product.

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Drug Target Review

MARCH 1, 2024

How significant are the results in terms of advancing TCR-T cell therapy and AMP immunotherapy for the treatment of solid tumours? We have already applied this approach to several important tumour targets where enhancements in TCR-T therapy may lead to important gains in clinical benefit, including mutated KRAS, NY-ESO, and HPV E7 antigens.

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Drug Target Review

MARCH 21, 2024

Dystrophin is mutated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare disease that causes progressive muscle weakness and atrophy. There are a few approved therapies for DMD including four exon-skipping drugs and one AAV-microdystrophin drug, which uses a shortened version of dystrophin. Of note, mRNA is redosable as opposed to AAV.

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Drug Target Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Over the past 25 years, T-cell therapies have gained significant ground in the treatment of cancer. Preclinical research on γδ T cells has made great strides since the cells were first identified in the 1980s, with γδ T-cell therapies from several companies, including IN8bio, now in or nearing clinical trials for various cancers.

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Drug Target Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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. Stem cell transplants primarily help the immune response through the “graft-versus-leukaemia effect,” and we have to manage the “graft versus host effect.”

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Drug Target Review

JANUARY 23, 2024

In April 2023, we saw the first randomised data applying an individualised vaccine in combination with checkpoint inhibition for resectable melanoma, demonstrating benefit in terms of time to disease recurrence. Espen integrates clinical and research expertise as Director of Medical Affairs.

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Broad Institute

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

By Leah Eisenstadt November 6, 2024 Credit: Ricardo Job-Reese, Broad Communications Despite being one of the rarer complications from immune checkpoint inhibitors, myocarditis is the most deadly. This work provides a biological foundation for testing more targeted therapies for myocarditis due to an immune checkpoint inhibitor.

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Drug Target Review

JULY 17, 2024

How does GigaGen’s single-cell discovery and development platform differ from traditional methods of producing polyclonal antibody therapies? Current methods for producing pAb therapies rely on regular plasma donations for their development. However, recombinant pAbs do not rely on continuous plasma sources for production.

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Broad Institute

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Earlier this year, the researchers shared their first translational results, describing the immune cell response underlying colon inflammation in patients undergoing ICI therapy. These are home-run, breakthrough therapies, and quite an amazing success story. How did you go about launching this effort?

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Biogen today announced results of a new analysis of immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine among people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Biogen today announced results of a new analysis of immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine among people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Using data from the MS PATHS network in the U.S.,

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 10, 2024

What are the risks of over-reliance on healthy donor material in early-stage research, and how can decision-makers ensure a balanced integration of diseased material to avoid potential gaps when transitioning to clinical trials? Diseased cells are likely to be more fragile or less abundant, making it difficult to obtain enough for therapy.

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 22, 2023

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating autoimmune disease that destroys the protective myelin covering around nerves, disrupting communication between the brain and body, and causing patients’ ability to move and function to progressively decline. million individuals that currently have to live with the disease.

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Crown Bioscience

AUGUST 2, 2021

In this blog we will explore immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) —which represent a diverse group of conditions characterized by an excessive and/or inappropriate immune response.

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Drug Target Review

JANUARY 2, 2024

In research published in Scientific Reports , 1 investigators focused on mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), known for their potential in treating cell defects and regulating immune responses. We are studying the placement of organelles within cells and how they communicate to help better treat disease,” said Coskun.

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Vial

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Pathophysiological evidence links HCV infections to the risk of liver diseases such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and liver cirrhosis. Patients at advanced stages of liver disease can still be treated. To what extent does viral eradication reduce the risk of liver disease progression in the long term?

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Autoimmune diseases and bone health conditions are not just medical challenges – they’re personal battles that millions of people fight every day. Furthermore, the diagnosis of the autoimmune diseases could be a challenge and requires several kinds of evidence.

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PLOS: DNA Science

OCTOBER 3, 2024

One of the oldest and most successful immunotherapies is simpler: a tamed version of a classic vaccine, against the infectious disease tuberculosis (TB). Their report appears in Disease Models and Mechanisms. Eventually, a strain emerged that seemingly protected against a host developing the associated infectious lung disease.

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Drug Target Review

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In most cancers, the tumour evolves by acquiring mutations that confer growth advantages or resistance to therapies. These neoantigens are identified by T cells of the immune system as foreign proteins and thus trigger an immune response. Neoantigens are recognised as non-self and trigger an immune response.

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Autoimmune diseases and bone health conditions are not just medical challenges – they’re personal battles that millions of people fight every day. Furthermore, the diagnosis of the autoimmune diseases could be a challenge and requires several kinds of evidence.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It is not known whether CD24 on cancer cells has a unique epitope that can be specifically targeted for cancer therapy. To explore its therapeutic potential in cancer and other immunological diseases, we developed an antagonist anti-Siglec-10 monoclonal antibody called ONC-841. Combination therapy is the best approach in immunotherapy.

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SugarCone Biotech

JUNE 10, 2024

Targeting 4-1BB remained of interest to the immuno-oncology field as cell culture experiments and tumor models in mice suggested that robust anti-tumor immune responses could be triggered by anti-4-1BB antibody therapies. This is the T cell type most closely associated with anti-tumor immune responses.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 18, 2021

Use of AAVnerGene capsid library provided to Neurophth for ophthalmic gene therapy. Next Generation AAVs enhance gene therapies by increasing transduction efficiency and specificity while reducing immune responses and cost. gene therapy company (hereafter Neurophth), and AAVnerGene Inc. ,

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Our results show that the candidate vaccine formulation is safe, produces rapid immune responses – within seven days – and elicits comprehensive immunity against SARS-CoV-2,” said Varadarajan. A fundamental limitation of intramuscular vaccines is that they’re not designed to elicit mucosal immunity.

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Drug Target Review

JANUARY 15, 2024

Cancer is a disease driven by variable genetic mutations. Our innate immune system evolved to clear genetically diverse pathogens and limit host toxicity, raising the possibility that it can produce similar effects in cancer. The preclinical results demonstrated significant immune responses and tumour regression.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Lead Pharma has entered into a collaboration and license agreement with Roche , hoping to lead the way in the development of oral small molecules for immune-mediated diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and inflammatory bowel diseases. . This includes therapies against the nuclear receptor ROR?t,

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