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Renaissance Pharma licenses Hu14.18 for neuroblastoma

Drug Discovery World

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. ” The post Renaissance Pharma licenses Hu14.18 s submission.

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ADCs: the next generation of targeted therapies 

Drug Discovery World

Medilink’s $1 billion ADC licensing deal with Roche, signed in January 2024, also caught the eye, three months after a $1 billion deal ADC deal with BioNTech. And, last but not least, therapy with ADCs offers physicians the decisive advantage that it can be administered on site at the hospital.

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FDA Orphan Drug Designation awarded to rare disease therapies

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This second ODD allows research and development of a therapy for another form of the disease, Isolated Hypomyelination. The technology has been proven in the treatment of other dystrophies, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and is quick and cost-effective to develop.

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UK regulator rules benefits of lecanemab do not justify the cost

Drug Discovery World

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. However, the reality is that the benefits this first treatment provides are just too small to justify the significant cost to the NHS.

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This week in drug discovery (2-6 October)  

Drug Discovery World

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

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NICE recommends triplet regimen for relapsed multiple myeloma

Drug Discovery World

NICE has recommended Ninlaro (ixazomib) with lenalidomide and dexamethasone as an option relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) in adults who have received two or three lines of therapy. This welcome decision gives us more certainty in the treatment options available to our patients.”

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Advancing neurological therapies with Dr Bruce Leuchter

Drug Target Review

What challenges has the industry faced in developing and commercialising treatments for neurological diseases, including rare diseases? Historically, what has limited investor interest in funding neurological and psychiatric therapies in development? We were able to license a molecule from a multi-national pharmaceutical company.

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