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Five 2024 breakthroughs in cancer drug research

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With the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting , taking place from 30 May to 3 June, the drug discovery announcements have been coming thick and fast, with many new cancer therapies making significant strides forward in our ability to treat the disease.

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SynaptixBio and Evotec extend rare disease therapies partnership

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SynaptixBio and Evotec have announced they are extending their partnership to find further candidate drugs to treat H-ABC, the most severe form of TUBB4A leukodystrophy. CHOP identified a candidate antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) as a potential therapy for H-ABC.

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World Parkinson’s Day: New drug research

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Read more: Focus on autophagy could lead to more effective Parkinson’s drugs New funding for clinical trials Cerevance closed a total financing of $116 million to advance CVN424, its first-in-class, oral, GPR6 inverse agonist.

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This week in drug discovery (17-21 June) 

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It’s been another busy week in the world of cell therapy, with the first use of CAR-T therapy for stiff-person syndrome, a study debunking the risk of secondary cancers from CAR-T and a number of cell therapy research findings revealed at EHA2024. Risk of secondary cancers after CAR-T cell therapy just 6.5%

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This week in drug discovery (22-26 July) 

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Perhaps most note-worthy, shingles vaccines Shingrix has been shown to reduce the risk of dementia by 17%, and TikoMed’s ALS drug caused a long-term slowing of ALS progression in a Phase II trial. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF).

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New eBook: Using imaging in drug discovery

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The growth will in part by driven by an increase in the use of imaging modalities in drug research and development. Download this exclusive eBook to learn more about: How new imaging modalities are supporting the development of new therapies for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. billion in 2023 and is poised to reach $15.58

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Distinguishing the Roles of Preclinical vs. Clinical CROs in Clinical Research

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Distinguishing the Roles of Preclinical vs. Clinical CROs in Clinical Research Randomized clinical trials are the gold-standard of evidence-based medicine, representing the culmination of the long, arduous drug development pipeline. What is a Pre-Clinical CRO? The global preclinical CRO market was estimated to be valued at US$5.7