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Research partners advance AAV gene therapy for heart disease

Drug Discovery World

The collaboration will work on developing exosome-encapsulated AAV (exoAAV) vectors as a novel gene delivery technology aimed at improving treatments for heart disease. Susmita Sahoo, Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology at Icahn Mount Sinai has been exploring the use of exosomes in gene therapy for several years.

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The challenges and trends of cell & gene therapies 

Drug Discovery World

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong looks at the cell and gene therapy landscape, examining the challenges facing developers and the trends we can expect to see throughout the year. . There’s no doubt that cell and gene therapies present some of the most exciting opportunities for emerging drugs. billion, compared to $19.9

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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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CohBar and Morphogenesis in merger for immuno-oncology therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

The TME modulators have been designed for addressing one of the main causes of acquired resistance to immunotherapies, including checkpoint inhibitors or cellular therapies such as CAR-T. It is building many MDSC-targeted, bi-functional ADCs for in vitro and in vivo characterisation, with lead selection expected by the end of next year.

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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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Verily – Janssen collaboration; Enhancing the response in pancreatic cancer; Avrobio gene therapy eradicates toxic substrate; Gut microbiome responsible for Multiple Sclerosis

Delveinsight

Immune-stimulating antibodies, which target the receptor CD40, are emerging as promising therapies for pancreatic cancer. Immune-stimulating antibodies, which target the receptor CD40, are emerging as promising therapies for pancreatic cancer. Avrobio gene therapy eradicates toxic substrate in Fabry patient.

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Birinapant licensing; AvantGen, IGM pairs up for anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies; BeiGene, Novartis to co-dvelop Tislelizumab; Valo raises USD190 M; Bluebird Bio Spins-off

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It is an IgM antibody targeting Death Receptor 5 (DR5), and IGM is hoping to test Birinapant with IGM-8444 for the treatment of solid cancers later this year. AvantGen Enters into a Licensing Agreement for its Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies with IGM Biosciences. million after Birinapant successfully becomes a part of the Phase I trials.