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The killer instinct: Using investigational natural killer therapy to treat Alzheimer’s

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DDW Editor Reece Armstrong speaks to Dr Paul Song , MD, NKGen and Dr Vince DeOrchis , clinician, to find out more about the investigational natural killer therapy SNK01 and the benefit of using a patient’s own cells to treat Alzheimer’s. RA: What are the clinical benefits of using the patient’s own cells as a treatment?

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Targeted breast cancer drug extends lives of patients in Phase III trial

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A new type of targeted medicine has shown ‘remarkable’ benefits for patients with advanced breast cancer in a major Phase III clinical trial. . The drug capivasertib combined with hormone therapy doubled the time it took for cancer to progress in people with advanced forms of the most common type of breast cancer. . months to 7.2

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Diabetic eye disease: The urgent need for early, non-invasive treatments

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Dr Catherine Beech , CEO at Exonate and Dr Pete Adamson , CSO at Breye Therapeutics discuss the need for better therapies to treat diabetic retinal disease and current progress in the field. Despite affecting such a large subset of diabetic patients, treatment options are limited to repeated, invasive intravitreal injections to the eye.

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Novo Nordisk announces positive results for haemophilia treatment  

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Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has announced positive results for its prophylactic treatment targeting people living with haemophilia A or B with inhibitors. . The company’s concizumab treatment is an anti-tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI)? References . References .

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Janssen seeks EU approval of new indication for CAR-T therapy

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The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson have submitted a Type II variation application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) seeking approval of Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel) for relapsed and lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma.

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Medicinal cannabis: Why more clinical trials and better access is needed

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Big pharma is helping to shape the focus The good news is that clinical trials are on the increase and market education is upping pace. Large pharmaceutical companies are cautiously picking their spots as well. This data is proving useful in testing hypotheses before starting any clinical trials.

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Mathematical model can speed up Alzheimer’s drug development

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Researchers have created a mathematical model that can accurately depict Alzheimer’s disease progression in individual patients, paving the way for personalised treatment and faster development of therapies. These findings closely matched the results of the corresponding real-life clinical trials.