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Leading innovators in CRISPR nucleases for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

Adeno-associated virus vectors, alcohol dehydrogenase compositions, and antibody serum stabilisers are some of the accelerating innovation areas, where adoption has been steadily increasing. Among maturing innovation areas are anti-influenza antibody compositions and anti-interleukin-1, which are now well established in the industry.

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This week in drug discovery (6-10 March)

Drug Discovery World

Perhaps most interestingly this week, after previous caution over in vivo gene therapy trials, the FDA has given the go ahead to Intellia Therapeutics to study NTLA-2002 in hereditary angioedema (HAE). The post This week in drug discovery (6-10 March) appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Turning science into business: An optimised alternative to antibodies

Drug Discovery World

DS: What motivated you and Dr David Bunka, CTO, to create Aptamer and did you imagine you would one day be operating on such a global scale?    I quickly recognised the commercial value of aptamers as being able to address the gap in the market where antibodies fail to perform, and together we established the business to begin aptamer development.

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Immuno-Oncology Summit Europe 2023: Programme highlights 

Drug Discovery World

From June 20-22, 2023, Cambridge Healthtech Institute hosted the seventh annual Immuno-Oncology Summit Europe in London.

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What an innovation centre means for 3D biology

Drug Discovery World

Therefore, while researchers can understand just how a drug molecule impacts a cell, they can’t be sure that it will perform the same when used in-vivo. . One of these benefits is how cells grown in this type of culture are able to interact with their surroundings, similar to how they would perform in-vivo. 2D vs 3D .

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Verve starts trials of cholesterol drug in test of base editing technique

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Verve Therapeutics has started dosing patients in a phase 1b trial of its in vivo gene-editing drug for high cholesterol, designed to permanently switch off the PCSK9 gene with a one-shot treatment. dosing of *first patient* with VERVE-101, an in vivo CRISPR base editing medicine. Today: we are announcing.

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Reflecting on PEGS Europe 2023 

Drug Discovery World

The company’s goal is to accelerate functional characterisation and shortenoptimisation time in antibody discovery and t-cell workflows. DDW’s Megan Thomas attended PEGS Europe 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, from Tuesday 14 November to Thursday 16 November 2023. GSK has developed high-throughput mammalian and E.