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US FDA grants Fast Track status for Avidity’s AOC 1020 to treat FSHD

Pharmaceutical Technology

This DUX4 protein abnormal expression leads to modifications in gene expression in muscle cells which are associated with progressive muscle function loss in FSHD patients. Avidity Biosciences’ AOC 1020 is intended to reduce the DUX4 mRNA and DUX4 protein expression in muscles in these patients.

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Right on target: The shift to precision pharmaceuticals

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Artificial intelligence (AI), gene editing, synthetic biology and more, are beginning to prove their usefulness in drug design and development, taking therapies away from the one-size-fits-all approach, towards more definable targets that operate more effectively. This was done to assess the accuracy of the team’s machine-learning algorithms.

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Cash round sets up trial of InteRNA’s microRNA for cancer

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million ($22 million) in second-round financing as it prepares to start clinical trials of its lead drug candidate INT-1B3 for solid tumours. InteRNA is focusing on the development of gene-silencing drugs based on microRNA, naturally occurring, non-coding strands of RNA that are thought to regulate gene expression in cells.

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Prominent Reasons Behind The Failure Of NAMPT inhibitors And Key Strategies Adopted By Developers To Overcome Such Challenges

Roots Analysis

NAD + is involved in a wide range of cellular processes, including energy metabolism, DNA repair, and gene expression. There are several types of NAMPT inhibitors, including small molecules, peptides, and antibodies. NAMPT inhibitors work by blocking the activity of NAMPT, which in turn reduces the production of NAD +.

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Disruptive Technologies and Mature Regulatory Environment Vital for Cell Therapy Maturation

The Pharma Data

On the clinical side, cell and gene therapies must find places where small molecules, antibodies or other traditional approaches may not be the best option. Small molecule and antibody therapies haven’t been able to do that.”. So far, 25 people have been treated in a Phase I/II trial.

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Astellas licenses companion drug for Pompe gene therapy

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Xork is designed as a pre-treatment to overcome one of the key limitations to adeno-associated virus (AAV) based gene therapies like AT845, namely that some patients have existing antibodies against the AAV vector that interfere with the treatment. The post Astellas licenses companion drug for Pompe gene therapy appeared first on.

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How big data analytics can make personalised care a reality

Drug Discovery World

Typically, the data obtained from such studies is large and high dimensional with thousands of molecules being measured for each individual sample requiring special statistical, data science, and bioinformatics skills to integrate the information and correlate it with the clinical outcome of interest.