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MARCH 6, 2024

UK-based biotech SynaptixBio has secured a second Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This second ODD allows research and development of a therapy for another form of the disease, Isolated Hypomyelination.

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JULY 22, 2024

Keir Loiacono , CEO of BlueSphere Bio, discusses the goals of the company’s lead programme, the opportunities and potential of T-cell receptor (TCR) T cell therapies, and how to make oncology therapies tailored to individuals a reality. The goals of TCX-101 BlueSphere’s lead programme, TCX-101, includes two goals.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

Viral vector manufacturing At the Advanced Therapies Awards ceremony, Dr Luigi Naldini, Director of the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of ‘extraordinary contributions to gene therapy’, a field he has helped shape through his pioneering work on lentiviral vectors.

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MARCH 12, 2024

Elicera Therapeutics has entered a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) with a prominent US cancer centre to evaluate the enhancing effect of the iTANK-technology in a novel T-cell receptor therapy targeting skin cancer and lung cancer.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

AbbVie and Umoja Biopharma have entered into two exclusive option and license agreements to develop multiple in-situ generated CAR-T cell therapy candidates in oncology. The first agreement provides AbbVie an exclusive option to license Umoja’s CD19 directed in-situ generated CAR-T cell therapy candidates.

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APRIL 11, 2024

Specifically, dostarlimab will be used for patients with mismatch repair deficient (dMMR)/microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer and who are candidates for systemic therapy. The post GSK’s endometrial cancer therapy approved in Scotland appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Rocket Pharmaceuticals’ Biologics License Application (BLA) and granted Priority Review for RP-L201 (marnetegragene autotemcel). The post FDA acceptance advances investigational gene therapy appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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AUGUST 7, 2023

Bayer subsidiary BlueRock Therapeutics, and bit.bio have announced a collaboration to discover and manufacture regulatory T cell (Treg) based therapies. The agreement also includes options for BlueRock to license bit.bio’s opti-ox precision cell programming technology to control the expression of TF combinations within Treg cell therapies.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Astellas-owned Xyphos Biosciences and Kelonia Therapeutics have entered into a research collaboration and license agreement to develop novel immuno-oncology therapeutics. The post Companies agree $800m deal for off-the-shelf in vivo CAR-T cell therapy appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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AUGUST 8, 2023

Astellas Pharma will invest $50 million into Poseida Therapeutics to secure the rights to the company’s cancer CAR-T cell therapy for solid tumours, which is currently in Phase I trials. ” Astellas’ portfolio includes oncolytic viruses, bispecific immune cell engagers, small molecules, and cell therapy platforms.

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MAY 23, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee (CTGTAC) have voted eight to six in favour of a new gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The Biologics License Application (BLA) for SRP-9001 is currently under priority review by the FDA.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Minoryx and Neuraxpharm have agreed a strategic alliance to provide a new therapy for rare CNS disease patients in Europe. . The companies have entered into a license agreement for the European rights to leriglitazone, currently under European Medicines Agency (EMA) review for the orphan indication X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD). .

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A new licensing agreement between Vita Therapeutics and MilliporeSigma (the US and Canada Life Science business of Merck) will see Vita leverage MilliporeSigma’s foundational CRISPR patents to advance its preclinical asset VTA-100 for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD2A).

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Sarepta Therapeutics’ Biologics License Application (BLA) seeking accelerated approval of SRP-9001 (delandistrogene moxeparvovec) for the treatment of ambulant individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. .

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In a breakthrough for advanced therapies, this week saw the FDA approve the first ever cell therapy for solid tumour cancers, but there were other significant developments in the cell and gene therapy space. The post This week in drug discovery (19-23 February) appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

The MHRA has granted marketing authorisation for Eli Lilly’s baricitinib (Olumiant), the first licensed JAK inhibitor for the treatment of severe alopecia areata in adult patients. . This is an important authorisation for patients as previously there has never been a licensed oral therapy for adults with severe alopecia areata.” .

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

The first gene therapy for haemophilia B could soon be available to patients in Europe following a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). . The therapy was also recently approved by the FDA for patients in the US. . World’s most expensive drug.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Complement Therapeutics’ lead asset CTx001, an AAV-based gene therapy for the treatment of geographic atrophy (GA), has been awarded an Innovation Passport by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). . The post Green light for potential AAV gene therapy appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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JUNE 1, 2023

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are biopharmaceutical products in which a monoclonal antibody (mAB) is linked to a small molecule drug with a stable linker 1. Financing When it comes to looking to the future in the drug discovery industry, an important question to ask is: Where is the money?

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A biologic therapy for very young children with moderate to severe eczema (or atopic dermatitis) has been shown to be safe and effective in an international trial. The therapy is already licensed in the UK for adults and children aged six to 18, and was approved by the FDA in June 2022 for use in younger children.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

Synthetic biology is increasingly important to drug discovery and development. Partnerships Earlier this year cell-engineering company MaxCyte signed a strategic platform license (SPL) with biotechnology company Catamaran Bio. In return MaxCyte will receive platform licensing fees and program-related revenue.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Dr Julie Warner is Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at drug development consultancy, Boyds. In this article, she provides her expert insights into the key trends and developments expected to shape the global drug development industry this year. antibody-drug conjugate [ADC] pipelines in some oncology settings).

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

In celebration of the Nobel Prize for Medicine going to two of the early proponents of mRNA technology for creating therapeutics, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, this week our round-up highlights the importance of genetics, genomics and gene editing in drug discovery.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

CANbridge Pharmaceuticals has exercised its option to secure the exclusive global rights to develop, manufacture and commercialise a novel gene therapy to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) from UMass Chan Medical School. . The benchmark therapy uses a vector similar to that used in the only gene therapy approved for SMA.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Biologics License Application (BLA) for anti-CD3-directed antibody TZIELD (teplizumab-mzwv), the first immunomodulatory treatment for type 1 diabetes (T1D). . The company also offers financial assistance options to eligible patients for out-of-pocket costs. . .

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JANUARY 15, 2024

Amgen and NVIDIA Amgen has announced plans to advance drug discovery using NVIDIA’s DGX SuperPOD-powered insights from human datasets. Chiesi and Oak Hill Bio Chiesi Group and Oak Hill Bio have entered a collaboration to develop OHB-607, a clinical-stage investigational drug candidate to treat complications of extremely premature birth.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Gene therapies have made the headlines over the last few days, with treatments for rare AADC deficiency, lung cancer and haemophilia B given the go ahead from regulators. Gene therapy could ‘transform prognosis’ for AADC deficiency patients . FDA approves first disease-modifying therapy for T1D . The top stories: .

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

million in grant funding to develop new drugs using its AI-driven drug discovery platform. The company, which is a spin-out from the Queen’s University Belfast, was established in 2021 to commercialise a drug discovery platform developed by researchers in the School of Biological Science at Queen’s.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong looks at the cell and gene therapy landscape, examining the challenges facing developers and the trends we can expect to see throughout the year. . There’s no doubt that cell and gene therapies present some of the most exciting opportunities for emerging drugs. million price point per dose.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Intelligent OMICS and Janssen enter AI research collaboration AI drug discovery company Intelligent OMICS and Janssen Research & Development have agreed a target discovery collaboration to evaluate novel biological targets for the treatment of haematological cancers.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

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. Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway. 6 Initial data reported a median overall survival of 12.8

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JULY 11, 2023

There is a significant unmet medical need for therapies that slow down or reverse disease progression in the field of neurodegenerative diseases. The post Evotec and BMS enter drug discovery licence agreement appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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AUGUST 29, 2024

The benefits of Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab (Leqembi) are too small to justify the cost of providing the treatment to NHS patients, the UK regulator has ruled. This was the decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in draft guidance on the drug.

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JUNE 2, 2022

Boehringer Ingelheim and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) today announced a global licensing agreement under which Boehringer Ingelheim will obtain exclusive worldwide rights to research, develop and commercialize products based on a panel of innovative, tumor-specific antibodies from A*STAR.

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AUGUST 2, 2024

BioNTech and Triastek have entered into a research collaboration and platform technology license agreement to develop RNA therapeutics for oral delivery based on 3D printing technology. The collaboration aims to provide groundbreaking therapies to address unmet medical needs in an easy to administer oral formulation.

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MARCH 17, 2023

The drug has been accepted for the treatment of chronic HDV infection in adult patients with evidence of significant fibrosis, whose disease has responded inadequately to interferon-based therapy or who are ineligible to receive interferon-based therapy due to intolerance or contra-indication.

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JULY 2, 2024

This article will examine the regional focus of the country’s life sciences industry, its infrastructure of bioparks, and how this foundation ensures Switzerland maintains its role as a global leader in drug discovery. Switzerland, however, boasts three (or arguably, four) separate yet complimentary centres of life science innovation.

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