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Renaissance Pharma licenses Hu14.18 for neuroblastoma

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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. A novel Phase II trial incorporating Hu14.18 and three-year event-free (EFS) of 73.7%.

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Potentially game-changing schizophrenia drug enters Phase I trials

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A potential schizophrenia treatment, discovered at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee in the US, has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration for use in Phase I clinical trials. The post Potentially game-changing schizophrenia drug enters Phase I trials appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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FDA clears genetically engineered TIL therapy for solid tumour trials

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Grit Biotechnology has received investigational new drug (IND) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its genetically engineered tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) product GT201. The company raised over $60 million in a Series B financing round in September 2023 to support development of this programme.

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Successful clinical trial for re-engineered Covid vaccine 

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Project leader, Associate Professor Keith Chappell, said the preliminary clinical trial results were an ‘exciting reward’ for the team’s continued dedication and the community’s widespread support for the project. “We The Clamp2 trial group showed a 2.5-fold fold boost in neutralising ‘titres’ and it was 2.1 in the Novavax group.

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This week in drug discovery (12-16 August) 

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The chosen news highlights this week all feature advances in drug development in oncology indications and reflect the breadth of therapeutic approaches to cancer treatment. The post This week in drug discovery (12-16 August) appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW). First claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody.

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Clinical trial will test novel inhaled TB vaccine

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The Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford is conducting the study using Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), the current licensed vaccine against TB. The post Clinical trial will test novel inhaled TB vaccine appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Immunotherapy for solid tumours progresses to human trials

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Research partners in the UK are progressing their orally available small molecule cancer immunotherapy drug into clinical development as a treatment for advanced solid tumours. Chief Investigator Dr Bristi Basu, University of Cambridge, and Co-Chief Investigator Dr Debashis Sarker, King’s College London, are leading the trial.

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