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Scaling Phage Therapy

Codon

Tom Ireland writes about the companies and technologies that are reimagining phage therapy. Soon after its publication, scientists, journalists, and investors were revisiting ‘phage therapy’ as a promising alternative to our failing antibiotics. Read it on our website here. Illustration by David S. Fast forward to 2023.

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Gene therapy startup emerges with green light for first-of-its-kind trial

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Spun out of research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Vironexis claims it will be the first company to start a study testing a cancer drug delivered via the adeno-associated viruses commonly used in genetic medicines.

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CAR-NK cells: promising for cancer therapy

Drug Target Review

They do not induce ‘graft versus host’ disease when transplanted for allogeneic therapy and there appears little sign of immune rejection. Peripheral blood NK cells have been used in allogeneic cancer therapies and shown to be safe. CAR-NK cell trials only commenced in 2017 and most are still recruiting patients.

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Macrophage cell therapy: a new hope for chronic liver disease patients

Drug Target Review

Once a patient develops advanced cirrhosis/end-stage liver disease there are no specific therapies to significantly avoid major decompensations and death in the next few years. Could you describe the platform of macrophage biology and cell engineering used by Resolution Therapeutics in developing their cell therapies?

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The Expansion of Cell Therapies in Asia-Pacific

PPD

Cell and gene therapy (CGT) studies are rapidly gaining momentum in the Asia-Pacific region, fueled by growing patient demand and a thriving ecosystem of innovation. In China, the high incidence of solid tumors is driving an urgent need for advanced therapies, spurring the push for new treatment approaches.

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Natural killer cells: Looking good for cancer therapy

Drug Target Review

They do not induce ‘graft versus host’ disease when transplanted for allogeneic therapy and there appears little sign of immune rejection. Peripheral blood NK cells have been used in allogeneic cancer therapies and shown to be safe. CAR-NK cell trials only commenced in 2017 and most are still recruiting patients.

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How to Prioritize Pediatric Populations in NASH Trials

PPD

The number of pediatric patients diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is on the rise, yet there are currently no approved therapies to treat NAFLD and NASH in adult or pediatric populations. As therapies for the treatment of NASH in adult patients go this year to the U.S.

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