Drug Discovery World

JUNE 14, 2024

Discovery Park has opened CoLab, a new shared lab facility in the UK. In partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University, CoLab has been designed for early-stage life science businesses, providing flexible bench space in a coworking environment. Dr Cornelia Wilson, Senior Lecturer and Academic Laboratory Director at Canterbury Christ Church University, said: “Finding lab space is too often a blocker for promising life science spin outs and start-ups, and CoLab exists to solve this.

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Some CRISPR screens may be missing cancer drug targets By Allessandra DiCorato June 14, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Some CRISPR screens may be missing cancer drug targets Current CRISPR guides don’t work equally well in cells from people of all ancestries, which could lead to false negative results. By Allessandra DiCorato June 14, 2024 Credit: Ricardo Job-Reese, Broad Communications CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing has made possible a multitude of biomedical experiments including studies that systematically t

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JUNE 13, 2024

With their 'T-REX' method, researchers developed a glassy, amber-like polymer that can be used for long-term storage of DNA, such as entire human genomes or digital files such as photos.

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JUNE 10, 2024

Also known as endometrial carcinoma or uterine cancer, endometrial cancer occurs when the cells that line the uterus begin growing uncontrollably. Though the mortality rates are relatively low due to the high rate of early detection, it is a cancer that impacts nearly 70,000 people every year.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 14, 2024

Flagship Pioneering and ProFound Therapeutics have announced a collaboration to conduct foundational research to identify potential next-generation first-in-class therapies for the treatment of obesity. The collaboration is the first initiated under Flagship’s Pioneering Medicines strategic partnership with Pfizer announced in July 2023. Pioneering Medicines, Flagship’s in-house drug discovery and development unit, is responsible for leading the partnership with Pfizer, including driving the exp

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 13, 2024

By Sara W. Koblitz — As we have noted for the last year or so, the FTC has been on a mission to clean up the Orange Book by removing what it deems to be “improper” patents. The FTC has put out policy statements, challenged patent listings, tapped Congress, appeared on talk shows, and filed amicus briefs all in the span of the last 8 months. It seems like all that work is paying off.

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Drugs.com

JUNE 14, 2024

FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 -- COVID vaccine makers will be advised to update their shots to target the KP.2 variant, an offshoot of the JN.1 variant that spread widely last winter, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday. It's a.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 11, 2024

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates five key stories of the week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry updates. With the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting concluding this week, the headline news has all focused on breakthrough cancer research shared at the event.

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JUNE 12, 2024

Study results indicated Avidity’s medicine muted target genes. Elsewhere, Syntis revealed obesity drug plans and Nodthera chalked up more positive data for its NLRP3 inhibitor.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JUNE 11, 2024

The structure and function of the kidneys is altered by space flight, with galactic radiation causing permanent damage that would jeopardise any mission to Mars, according to a new study led by researchers from UCL.

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JUNE 10, 2024

MONDAY, June 10, 2024 -- An experimental vaccine that could offer one-stop prevention for both COVID-19 and influenza is showing positive results among older adults in trials, maker Moderna announced Monday.The shot — for now called mRNA-1083 — "ha.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 11, 2024

Researchers have discovered a new biological pathway in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and related conditions that can be targeted using existing drugs. About 5% of the world’s population are currently affected by an autoimmune disease, such as IBD, the umbrella term for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. These diseases are also becoming more common, with over half a million people living with IBD in the UK as of 2022, nearly double the 300,000 previously estimated.

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JUNE 11, 2024

The medicine will join Intercept’s Ocaliva as a treatment option for primary biliary cholangitis. Another drug, from the now Gilead-owned CymaBay, could be cleared for the condition by August.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JUNE 12, 2024

Researchers have demonstrated a new method that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and computer simulations to train robotic exoskeletons to autonomously help users save energy while walking, running and climbing stairs.

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JUNE 13, 2024

THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 -- Two human cases of "dual mutant" strains of H1N1 flu have been reported by U.S. health officials.Unfortunately, the genetic changes appear to render the leading flu antiviral, Tamiflu, less effective, researchers from the.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 10, 2024

A new facility has opened in Cardiff, UK designed to manufacture patient-derived organoids (PDOs) at scale for use in drug discovery and development. The multi-million-pound facility was custom-built by Molecular Devices to house its bioprocess workflow and bioreactor technology Mary Duseau, President of Molecular Devices said: “With our new facility, we now have the capacity to manufacture 300 million PDOs annually.

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JUNE 12, 2024

The negative results from the Phase 3 study, called Ciffreo, come a little more than a month after Pfizer said a patient died in another trial of the gene therapy.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JUNE 12, 2024

Engineers have developed microscopic robots, known as microrobots, capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver cancer-fighting medication directly to metastatic tumors. This approach has shown promise in mice, where it inhibited the growth and spread of tumors that had metastasized to the lungs, thereby boosting survival rates compared to control treatments.

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Drugs.com

JUNE 14, 2024

FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 -- The two top officers of a telehealth company that began to distribute ADHD drugs widely during the pandemic have been charged with health care fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. The arrests will.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 10, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved mRESVIA (mRNA-1345), an mRNA respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, to protect adults aged 60 years and older from lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV infection. The approval was granted under a breakthrough therapy designation and marks the second approved mRNA product from Moderna. “The FDA approval of our second product, mRESVIA, builds on the strength and versatility of our mRNA platform,” said Stéphane Bancel,

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 12, 2024

By Sara W. Koblitz & Jeffrey N. Gibbs — It’s been over a year and a half since Over-the-Counter (“OTC”) hearing aids became legal, and it’s not clear that they’ve made the difference in hearing loss treatment that Congress anticipated. (FDA once estimated that OTC hearing aids would save patients over $3000.) A recent GAO Report hasn’t found that OTC hearing aids have had much impact.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JUNE 11, 2024

Researchers have demonstrated miniature soft hydraulic actuators that can be used to control the deformation and motion of soft robots that are less than a millimeter thick. The researchers have also demonstrated that this technique works with shape memory materials, allowing users to repeatedly lock the soft robots into a desired shape and return to the original shape as needed.

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Drugs.com

JUNE 13, 2024

THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 -- CAR-T cell therapy to treat blood cancers is safer than previously thought, with little risk that the immunotherapy will create secondary cancers, a new study finds.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 14, 2024

News round-up for 10-14 June by DDW Senior Digital Content Editor Diana Spencer. With a lead story on the restoration of congenital hearing loss following gene therapy, the news highlights selection this week focuses on cell and gene therapies (CGT) and genetics, particularly some key progress in relation to CAR-T therapies. The top stories: Gene therapy restores hearing in both ears Five children who were born with congenital hearing loss can hear in both ears after taking part in a gene therap

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Drug Patent Watch

JUNE 12, 2024

Sure, here’s a more detailed explanation with examples: Drug Patent Duration Drug patents are granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a period of 20 years… Source

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JUNE 13, 2024

Neuroscientists found that brains display distinct neural activity when experiencing emotions such as bitter-sweetness. The advance could help solve a longstanding scientific debate: whether 'mixed emotions' arise from unique activity in the brain, or if we're just flip-flopping back and forth between positive and negative feelings.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 10, 2024

By Sarah Wicks & Anne K. Walsh — Among FDA-regulated establishments and stakeholders, there is one word that makes everyone go on edge – the dreaded FDA “inspection.” In an effort to clarify for industry and alleviate some of the stress associated with these activities, last week the FDA issued a draft guidance aimed at providing recommendations on how to handle inspections under FDA’s Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) program.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 13, 2024

Australian researchers have analysed how an antidiabetic treatment could help control the growth of tumours, potentially paving the way for the design of better cancer treatments. The new study investigated what happens when metformin, a type 2 diabetes medication, is used to treat colorectal cancer cells, in the process demonstrating that it could be exploited to develop new cancer therapies.

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Drugs.com

JUNE 11, 2024

TUESDAY, June 11, 2024 -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously on Monday to recommend that the benefits of a new drug for Alzheimer's outweigh its harms, which can include brain swelling and bleeding. Eli Lilly's.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JUNE 14, 2024

Scientists are rethinking the evolution of vocal learning in birds. New Zealand's smallest bird, the rifleman or titipounamu, may have a rudimentary version of the talent possessed by parrots, hummingbirds and songbirds.

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JUNE 12, 2024

Kenneth Mills will become chair of the gene therapy developer's board while Curran Simpson, the current chief operating officer, will take his place as company head.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 13, 2024

Join DDW and Thermo Fisher Scientific on 20 June, 11AM EDT/4PM BST, for an exclusive webinar, ‘ Advancing biotherapy manufacturing: innovative strategies for residual DNA and viral titre quantitation using dPCR ’. This free event will feature insight from Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Jonas Buege, Senior Manager, Product Management, as well as Viki Mahen, Scientist III, Molecular Biology.

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Drugs.com

JUNE 10, 2024

MONDAY, June 10, 2024 — Though overdose deaths continue to surge, there is no approved medication to treat methamphetamine use disorder.Now, an experimental two-drug therapy has yielded promising results, UCLA researchers report."These findings h.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JUNE 12, 2024

Flexible piezoelectric sensors are essential to monitor the motions of both humans and humanoid robots. However, existing designs are either are costly or have limited sensitivity. In a recent study, researchers tackled these issues by developing a novel piezoelectric composite material made from electrospun polyvinylidene fluoride nanofibers combined with dopamine.

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