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Ginkgo Bioworks awarded DARPA contract for therapeutic proteins 

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that Ginkgo Bioworks, which is building a platform for cell programming and biosecurity, has been awarded a four-year contract worth up to $18 million to reimagine how to manufacture complex therapeutic proteins.

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News from AACR 2024: Sunday’s highlights

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Following this, Benjamin Cravatt, Professor and the Norton Gilula Chair in Biology and Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute, discussed activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) and its use in discovering drug candidates for cancer-relevant proteins. ADC for treating solid tumours’ demonstrated Claudin 18.2-specific

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Evusheld long-acting antibody combination recommended for approval in the EU for the pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) of COVID-19

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AstraZeneca’s Evusheld (tixagevimab co-packaged with cilgavimab), a long-acting antibody combination, has been recommended for marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) of COVID-19 in a broad population of adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older weighing at least 40 kg.

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Symbiotica and Quidel Score FDA Authorizations for COVID-19 Tests

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As the COVID-19 pandemic shifts with new case surges largely owing to new variants of SARS-CoV-2, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to offer up emergency use authorizations (EUA) for tests for the detection of COVID-19 infection, with the latest being antibody and antigen tests from Symbiotic and Quidel, respectively.

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AZD1222 US Phase III primary analysis confirms safety and efficacy

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It uses a replication-deficient chimpanzee viral vector based on a weakened version of a common cold virus (adenovirus) that causes infections in chimpanzees and contains the genetic material of the SARS-CoV-2 virus spike protein. The Phase III D8110C00001 trial is part of this funding agreement. JPEO-CBRND. Source link:[link].

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AZD1222 US Phase III trial met primary efficacy endpoint in preventing COVID-19 at interim analysis

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It uses a replication-deficient chimpanzee viral vector based on a weakened version of a common cold virus (adenovirus) that causes infections in chimpanzees and contains the genetic material of the SARS-CoV-2 virus spike protein. The Phase III D8110C00001 trial is part of this funding agreement. JPEO-CBRND. Source link:[link].

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Novartis builds radio-oncology pipeline with iTheranostics deal

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The diagnostic imaging agents all target fibroblast activation protein (FAP), a molecule that is only expressed at low levels on healthy cells but is found much more abundantly in solid tumours. “We believe this technology has the potential to transform many patients’ lives,” she added. Kesimpta approval in Europe.