SugarCone Biotech

JUNE 10, 2024

Targeting 4-1BB remained of interest to the immuno-oncology field as cell culture experiments and tumor models in mice suggested that robust anti-tumor immune responses could be triggered by anti-4-1BB antibody therapies. This is the T cell type most closely associated with anti-tumor immune responses.

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Broad Institute

OCTOBER 11, 2023

His mother had a presentation of the disease that suggested her immune system was already on the job. But immunotherapy was not yet widely used and had not been applied clinically to Merkel cell carcinoma, so she received traditional chemotherapy and radiation therapy, suffering life-threatening complications along the way.

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Drug Target Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Stem cell transplants have saved patients’ lives time and time again, which led us to launch our own Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program. Stem cell transplants primarily help the immune response through the “graft-versus-leukaemia effect,” and we have to manage the “graft versus host effect.”

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The Premier Consulting Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

Development of cell and gene therapies is growing rapidly, given the major advances in genomic technologies and increasing scientific understanding of genetic regulation and immunology. This blog will outline three characteristics of a successful nonclinical program to support entry into clinical trials for a cell or gene therapy product.

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Drug Target Review

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Confo Therapeutics , led by CEO Dr Cedric Ververken, is at the forefront of developing innovative GPCR-targeted therapies using its proprietary ConfoBody ® platform. The MC4R-based ConfoGen was used to immunize llamas, resulting in an immune response that generated a highly diverse panel of MC4R-specific agonists.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 4, 2023

More recently, researchers have begun to look at conjugating immunomodulatory agents to antibodies to directly activate an immune response against the tumour. This approach – immune-stimulating antibody conjugates (ISACs) – uses a payload that stimulates the innate and adaptive immune responses, recruiting tumour-fighting T cells.

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Drug Target Review

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Viral vectors have been crucial in transforming the gene therapy landscape due to their natural ability to infect cells. 1 In 2017, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first AAV-based gene replacement therapy (Luxturna), for Leber congenital amaurosis type 2.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Genome engineering and gene therapies that manipulate DNA sequences in cells have driven a biotechnological revolution over the past decade. 9 In addition, host immune responses further add to the complexity of developing cell-specific AAV capsids for clinical applications. Molecular Therapy 20 , 1831-1832 (2012).

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Drug Target Review

APRIL 17, 2024

HLA are the critical molecules that our immune systems use to present peptides to T cells and facilitate recognition and killing in immune responses to pathogens. HLA-II presents peptides to CD4 T cells thought to be important for indirectly helping immune responses and facilitating antibody production.

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Codon

JULY 14, 2024

receives a blood transfusion or a blood product every two seconds. But currently, traditional blood transfusions face significant challenges, including a dwindling pool of donors and a limited shelf life for stored blood products. Component therapy offers several advantages over whole blood. Subscribe to Asimov Press.

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Drug Target Review

JULY 17, 2024

How does GigaGen’s single-cell discovery and development platform differ from traditional methods of producing polyclonal antibody therapies? Current methods for producing pAb therapies rely on regular plasma donations for their development.

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Drug Target Review

JANUARY 15, 2024

The preclinical results demonstrated significant immune responses and tumour regression. Could you elaborate on the mechanisms by which these responses are initiated within cancer cells? This induced anti-tumour immunity is also detectable by increased innate and adaptive immune cells in the tumour, spleen and blood.

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Advarra

JANUARY 11, 2024

The applications of mRNA-based therapies in cancer research represent one of the next groundbreaking steps toward improved cancer treatments. Adoptive T Cell therapies, therapeutic antibodies, and immunomodulatory proteins represent just some of the potentially beneficial treatment strategies for successful mRNA cancer trials.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 18, 2021

Use of AAVnerGene capsid library provided to Neurophth for ophthalmic gene therapy. Next Generation AAVs enhance gene therapies by increasing transduction efficiency and specificity while reducing immune responses and cost. gene therapy company (hereafter Neurophth), and AAVnerGene Inc. ,

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PLOS: DNA Science

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The molecular tools of CRISPR were borrowed and developed from the natural immune response of bacteria to viruses – bacteriophages – that infect them. CRISPR may make sense for replacing a single mutant gene, like the one behind sickle cell disease, for which a CRISPR-based gene therapy was recently approved.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 12, 2021

“The T-cell and NK-cell target discovery approach complements our portfolio aimed at turning cold tumors hot and redirecting the innate immune system to elicit a sustained and durable immune response against tumors. KSQ is also eligible to receive tiered royalties on net sales of each approved product.

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

JUNE 21, 2024

Antibody-Drug Conjugates: Advancing Precision Therapy ADCs represent a compelling combination of targeted antibody therapy and potent chemotherapy, aiming to enhance treatment efficacy while minimizing systemic toxicity. Currently, there are 12 approved ADC drugs, and several hundred more are in the development pipeline.

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Vial

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the decades since its identification in 1989, advances in clinical research for new Hepatitis C therapies and the introduction of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) have led to viral eradication in more than 98% of patients, resulting in HCV crossing from manageable to being the first curable , chronic viral infection. Zhao et al.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Australian biotech Ena Respiratory has revealed new data demonstrating that its novel nasal spray almost halted replication of the SARS-CoV-2 in animals when used as a prophylactic, showing potential to improve immune response when used alongside COVID-19 vaccines. . We’ve been amazed with just how effective our treatment has been.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

NASDAQ: REGN) today announced that the antibody cocktail casirivimab and imdevimab administered together (formerly known as REGN-COV2 or REGEN-COV2), a therapy currently being investigated for use in COVID-19 , has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. TARRYTOWN, N.Y., November 21, 2020 – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Drug Target Review

JANUARY 15, 2024

This approach has produced a broad range of approved and investigational products. To be therapeutically useful, antigenic peptides must be presented in a way that allows immune responses to destroy cancer cells without causing unacceptable damage to healthy tissue. Engineering soluble T-cell receptors for therapy.

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Drug Target Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Agonist antibodies of immune checkpoint regulators These represent a groundbreaking class of immunotherapeutic agents that mimic the natural function of endogenous ligands by binding to specific cell-surface receptors. This approach augments the strength of achieving immune homeostasis.

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DrugBank

MAY 6, 2024

Unlike conventional chemical-based medicines, biologics offer targeted therapies derived from living cells, which can result in more effective and personalized treatments. A Wave of Innovations The year 2024 has already proven to be significant for the field of biologics, witnessing a notable increase in FDA approvals.

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Codon

APRIL 9, 2023

” — Harold Morowitz 🔥 Ten Amazing Things (that happened this week…) A CAR-T therapy was tested in 27 children with neuroblastomas. Read A roadmap to establish a comprehensive platform for sustainable manufacturing of natural products in yeast. Molecular Therapy. Gene Therapy. Subramanian M.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 17, 2021

LONDON–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Ixaka Ltd , an integrated cell and gene therapy company focused on the natural power of the body to cure disease, launches today. The new business will continue to develop Ixaka’s proprietary technologies – concentrated multi-cell therapies (MCTs) and targeted nanoparticle (TNP) therapeutics.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 17, 2020

“At Janux, we have developed a technology to engineer best-in-class T cell engagers that are potent and highly tumor-specific, which is essential for an immune response that kills tumor cells but spares healthy tissue,” David Campbell, president and chief executive officer of Janux Therapeutics said in a statement.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 9, 2021

years of exposure 3 Design of a new open-label study assessing immune response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in MS-patients treated with Kesimpta 4 , and new findings from open-label study assessing immune response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in secondary progressive MS (SPMS) patients treated with Mayzent will be presented 5.

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PLOS: DNA Science

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The idea to redirect an immune response against a pathogen to fight cancer goes back to 1891, when Manhattan bone surgeon William Coley became intrigued by a man’s neck tumor that melted away after he contracted a nasty Streptococcus skin infection. These products became known as Coley’s Toxins.

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Agency IQ

APRIL 12, 2024

Draft guidance on potency assays for CGT products garners extensive stakeholder input Late last year, the FDA published a draft update to its 2011 guidance on potency assays for cell and gene therapy products, unveiling a major shift in approach to the issue. How does “potency” apply to cell and gene therapy (CGT) products?

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Developing cell therapies exclusively with healthy donor material introduces substantial risks that can hinder clinical translation and jeopardise the entire program. This can lead to low cell yields, poor product quality, and process variability. Enhanced biobanking infrastructure is crucial for advancing cell therapy development.

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Codon

JULY 27, 2023

Their cone cells, which are responsible for color vision, don’t work like normal. But what happens if you restore these cone cells, using gene therapy? approved a gene therapy for hemophilia A for the first time. The therapy works by replacing beta-cells with “fresh” cells taken from a, err…dead person.

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Codon

JULY 27, 2023

Their cone cells, which are responsible for color vision, don’t work like normal. But what happens if you restore these cone cells, using gene therapy? approved a gene therapy for hemophilia A for the first time. The therapy works by replacing beta-cells with “fresh” cells taken from a, err…dead person.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 8, 2022

The study was published online in advance in the journal Molecular Therapy – Nucleic Acids and is now available in the final version. In this way, the viral RNA escapes early recognition by the central antiviral immune-receptor RIG-I. “A robust, early type I IFN production is key to clearing SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 6, 2021

years of exposure 3 Design of a new open-label study assessing immune response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in MS-patients treated with Kesimpta 4 , and new findings from open-label study assessing immune response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in secondary progressive MS (SPMS) patients treated with Mayzent will be presented 5.

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Codon

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

It suggested that, in the future, certain classes of drugs, specifically genetic therapies, could be screened entirely virtually via models of life. Models trained on nucleotide data were ideal for understanding how genetic therapies altered cellular dynamics, so they powered the genetic editing revolution.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 11, 2021

a San Diego-based biotechnology company with an array of technology platforms for antibody discovery and optimization, and novel NK and T cell engager generation, today announced licensing of a panel of its anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody clones to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 therapy development.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Strong Th1 cell-mediated immune responses were also observed for the vaccine candidates with either adjuvant. We are encouraged by the high level of neutralizing antibodies in combination with the strong Th1 response which we believe could play an important role in controlling infection. S-Trimer is intended to be adjuvanted.

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