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Huntington’s disease and potential therapies

Drug Target Review

This Q&A explores how pre-clinical research is being used to identify potential therapies for Huntington’s disease, a devastating condition that currently lacks disease- modifying treatments. What makes the potential therapeutic for Huntington’s disease unique compared to other treatments?

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The rising demand for lentiviral vectors for in vivo gene therapy

Drug Target Review

What trends are driving the increased use of in vivo delivery methods in gene therapy? This growth has been influenced by the increased use of lentiviral vectors for more prevalent diseases, earlier treatment lines and broader applications. How are new therapeutic areas emerging as potential targets for in vivo gene therapy?

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How the Classic TB Vaccine Treats Bladder Cancer – Zebrafish Avatars Reveal Mechanism

PLOS: DNA Science

One of the oldest and most successful immunotherapies is simpler: a tamed version of a classic vaccine, against the infectious disease tuberculosis (TB). “BCG” is the “treatment” vaccine’s technical name, for Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin. The approach worked.

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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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New MS PATHS Data at ECTRIMS 2021 Confirm Biogen’s Disease-Modifying Therapies Do Not Reduce Antibody Response to COVID-19 Vaccines in People with Multiple Sclerosis

The Pharma Data

Biogen today announced results of a new analysis of immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine among people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Germany and Spain, researchers evaluated blood samples from 322 participants 28-90 days after their last COVID-19 vaccine dose. Using data from the MS PATHS network in the U.S.,

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Ready, Set, START – 7 Programs Selected for FDA’s START Rare Disease Pilot Program

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Sasinowski — Hyman, Phelps & McNamara (HPM) would like to congratulate the 7 rare disease programs selected for the inaugural class of the FDA’s “Support for clinical Trials Advancing Rare disease Treatment” (START) pilot program.

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Over £100m Cash Boost to Manufacture Millions of Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

Drug Discovery Today

New state-of-the-art centre to scale up COVID-19 vaccine and gene therapy manufacturing gets £100m investment Additional £4.7m

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