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Collaborators investigate novel T-cell receptor therapy

Drug Discovery World

Elicera Therapeutics has entered a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) with a prominent US cancer centre to evaluate the enhancing effect of the iTANK-technology in a novel T-cell receptor therapy targeting skin cancer and lung cancer.

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Europe: Where is the drug discovery innovation?

Drug Discovery World

A more established Amsterdam-based enterprise is gene therapy company uniQure, developer of etranacogene dezaparvovec, the first gene therapy for haemophilia B, which was approved for use in the US in November 2022 and in the EU in February 2023. This pedigree has attracted beneficial international collaborations.

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2023 cancer research highlights: Drug development at its best

Drug Discovery World

Results from the trial, published in Nature Communications by researchers from King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, found that MOv18 IgE was well-tolerated in the majority of patients and was able to shrink the tumour of a patient with ovarian cancer who had not responded to conventional therapy.

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Post-COVID-19 cognitive impairment: a new target for drug development?

Drug Discovery World

Biological mechanisms Given its prevalence and potential economic, societal and patient burden, post-Covid cognitive impairment seems an important target for treatment, be that through existing rehabilitations services, or digital, drug or biologic therapies. New therapeutics of course depend on an understanding of biological mechanisms.

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FDA Action Alert: Merck, Aurinia and Amgen

The Pharma Data

The study enrolled 5,050 patients who received either vericiguat or placebo in combination with available heart failure therapies. By inhibiting calcineurin, the drug blocks IL-2 expression and T-cell mediated immune responses. Myelosuppression happens when radiation damages internal organs, including bone marrow.

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OBI Pharma Announces Presentations at ESMO Asia 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting for OBI-833, a Novel Anti-Globo H Targeted Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine

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.” Ming-Tain Lai, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at OBI Pharma stated, “In the trial, OBI-833 demonstrated a favorable safety profile and generated detectable anti-Globo H IgM/IgG responses. Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. ” Presentation number: 397P / Poster: ID 680. .”

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Merck Announces Positive Topline Results from Two Additional Phase 3 Adult Studies Evaluating V114, Merck’s Investigational 15-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

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Immune responses following vaccination with PNEUMOVAX 23 (month 13) were comparable in both vaccination groups for the 15 serotypes in V114. Results from both studies are based on opsonophagocytic activity (OPA) responses – a measure of vaccine-induced functional antibodies. among adults 65 years of age or older.

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