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First UK patients receive experimental mRNA therapy for cancer

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The first UK patients have received an mRNA cancer therapy – mRNA-4359 – as part of a Phase I/II clinical trial investigating its potential for treating melanoma, lung cancer and other solid tumour cancers. The study will assess the therapy administered alone or in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab.

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Cancer research to get £22.5 million share of UK government fund

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The UK government has promised that patients will benefit from cutting-edge new treatments with the introduction of a Vaccine Taskforce style approach to tackling health challenges. . million share of UK government fund appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW). How the money will be spent: Cancer: £22.5

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How structural biology is informing vaccine design

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Reece Armstrong speaks to Melanie Adams-Cioaba , Senior Director and General Manager of pharma (cryo-EM), Thermo Fisher Scientific about advances in vaccine design. Using structural biology as central to vaccine design and development, and to drug discovery more generally, is what we mean by “rational design.”

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New UK partnership to accelerate mRNA research

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It is hoped that a new partnership between the UK government and BioNTech will help accelerate clinical trials of personalised immunotherapies for cancer and infectious disease vaccines. . The agreement means cancer patients will get early access to trials exploring personalised mRNA therapies, like cancer vaccines. .

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Where are the global hotspots for biotech?

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Why: The US has been a leader in biotech since the 1970s, thanks to significant government support for biomedical research, a strong venture capital industry and a lack of regulation over pricing. The company is now pursuing a pipeline of mRNA vaccines for cancer, several of which are at the Phase II stage.

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Pfizer and BioNTech to Provide U.S. Government with an Additional 200 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Help Meet Continued Need for Vaccine Supply in the U.S.

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government has purchased an additional 200 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. government under its existing supply agreement to 500 million. government with 500 million doses of the companies’ COVID-19 vaccine for donation to the world’s poorest nations. This press release features multimedia.

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Thirteen potential blockbuster drugs to watch in 2024

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2024 is anticipated to be a transformational year for the pharma industry, with new modalities like antibody drug conjugates and AI/machine learning providing therapies for patients with limited treatment options. The therapy has shown positive results in Phase III trials in both breast and lung cancer.

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