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Cannabinoids receptors: popular preclinical target but banned in 137 countries

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Collectively, cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2) are currently the most popular targets in preclinical stage of development, with 391 drugs tagged in total. In most EU and Commonwealth countries, including the UK, New Zealand and Australia, cannabinoids are legal for medical use.

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Immunocore gets EU nod for TCR cancer therapy Kimmtrak

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Immunocore now has approval on both side of the Atlantic for Kimmtrak – the first cancer therapeutic based on T cell receptor (TCR) technology – after getting a green light from the European Commission. Uveal melanoma is a rare cancer of the eye, which in the majority of patients is localised. ” Image by Pexels from Pixabay

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After a slow start for expensive CAR-T therapies, drug developers revisit oral therapies for blood cancer

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There’s been huge progress in treatments for blood cancer in recent years – but drawbacks of expensive CAR-T cell and injected antibody therapies have led drug developers to look at novel oral therapies as patient-friendly alternatives. These are particularly important in the progression of certain blood cancers.

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Amtagvi (Lifileucel) Scores Landmark Win as First FDA-Approved T-Cell Therapy for a Solid Tumor

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Melanoma is a type of skin cancer often caused by exposure to ultraviolet light, such as that from sunlight or indoor tanning. Despite accounting for only about one percent of all skin cancers, melanomas make up a significant proportion of cancer-related deaths. The cost is the highest of any cell-based cancer drug in the US.

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Bluebird’s $2.8M Gene Therapy Zynteglo Wins Landmark FDA Approval for Beta Thalassemia

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XTALKS WEBINAR: How Agile Clinical Trials Unlock Universal Access to Rare Disease Research. Live and On-Demand: Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at 11am EDT (4pm BST/UK). Zynteglo’s hefty price tag of $2.8 The FDA also had to weigh the benefit of the therapy against the risk that it may cause cancer.

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What to expect from PEGS Europe 2023: Day 2

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Novel platforms This session will begin with chariperson’s remarks from Lars Linden, PhD, Vice President, Head, Biologics Research, Bayer HealthCare, which will be followed by a keynote presentation by Agnieszka Kielczewska, PhD, Director, Research, Antibody Discovery and Screening, Biologics Discovery, Amgen.

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Tackling the Challenges of Limited Resources During a Pandemic

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Medicine in Oxford, Biogazelle, a biotechnology company in Ghent, and the Centre For Proteome Research at the University of Liverpool. Vandesompele is a research. professor in Functional Cancer Genomics and Applied. Manager, Weatherall Institute, Oxford UK. research efforts in further understanding viral-host.

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