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Editas, changing course again, looks to partner lead CRISPR therapy

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The gene editing company will focus on “in vivo” medicines, while seeking to license out or find a development partner for its clinical-stage treatment reni-cel.

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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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Touchlight signs patent license agreement with Pfizer for the use of dbDNA for the manufacture of mRNA-based vaccines, therapeutics and gene therapies

Drug Discovery Today

Pfizer and Touchlight agree to patent license for Pfizer to utilise rapid, scalable, enzymatic doggybone DNA (dbDNA) in Pfizer’s clinical and commercial manufacture of its mRNA vaccines, therapeutics, and gene therapiesAgreement includes upfront payment, potential development and commercial milestone payments, and royalties upon commercializationAccess (..)

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Unlocking the power of stem cell therapy

Drug Target Review

What key findings about stem cell behaviour, differentiation and integration within host tissues impact the development of stem cell therapies? Despite their potential, ADSC therapy faces several challenges in preclinical studies. Is there a certain disease or condition that you believe stem cell therapy holds the most promise for?

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Novartis, Voyager Therapeutics reach license option agreement for next-generation gene therapy vectors for neurological diseases

The Pharma Data

Novartis today announced a license option agreement with Voyager Therapeutics, a gene therapy company focused on next-generation adeno-associated virus (AAV) technologies, for three capsids to use in potential gene therapies for neurological diseases, with options to access capsids for two other targets.

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Novartis licenses Legend cell therapy for lung cancer

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

With the deal, the Swiss pharma is exploring a tumor target, DLL3, that’s thwarted past drugmaker efforts to attack it.

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Armed with new gene therapy tools, a biotech startup promises a better way to target muscle diseases

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Two-year-old Kate Therapeutics is launching publicly with $51 million in funding and a licensing deal with Astellas Pharma for a neuromuscular disease gene therapy.