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New data validates tau silencing gene therapy for Alzheimer’s

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Data on VY-TAU01, Voyager’s lead anti-tau antibody candidate, and on Voyager’s tau silencing gene therapy programme will be presented at the upcoming 2024 International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases and Related Neurological Disorders (AD/PD 2024), taking place March 5-9, 2024, in Lisbon, Portugal.

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The challenges and trends of cell & gene therapies 

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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. million price point per dose.

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Boston Scientific pays $336M; Boehringer Ingelheim acquires Abexxa Biologics; Oncology, RNA biotech 858 Therapeutics inks $60M Series A; Novartis acquires Arctos Medical

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Boehringer stated that the Abexxa’s generation aims at cancer-specific proteins situated throughout the mobile versus proteins at the mobile membrane broadening the selection of possible cancer antigen objectives. The biotech has evolved a T-cell receptor-like antibody to damage a selected immune checkpoint in oncology.

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The Power of Lipids: Enhancing Drug Delivery with Nanoparticles

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LNPs comprise of a lipid bilayer that surrounds a hydrophobic core, which can be loaded with therapeutic agents ( such as drugs, genetic material and proteins ). Several LNP-based therapies are currently being evaluated in the clinical trials; majority of these are conducted for treating breast cancer, ovarian cancer and lung cancer.

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Shape Therapeutics-Roche’s Deal; AllStripes Raises $50M; Datavant-Real Chemistry’s Partnership; BlueWillow’s Nasal Vaccine

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Shape Therapeutics inks gene therapy deal with Roche worth up to USD 3 Billion. Seattle biotech firm Shape Therapeutics has signed a deal potentially exceeding USD 3 billion with pharma giant Roche to bolster the development of gene therapies for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

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What to expect from PEGS Europe 2023: Day 3

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Ahead of protein and antibody engineering conference PEGS Europe 2024 in Lisbon, DDW’s Megan Thomas looks at what to expect from each track of the annual biologics technology meeting. Ali Madani, PhD, Founder and CEO, Profluent Bio, on: ‘Protein engineering with large language models’.

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Present Treatments & Hopeful Future Directions for ALS Pharmacotherapies

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Tofersen (Intrathecal injection) This is an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) that targets SOD1 mRNA to reduce the synthesis of SOD1 protein. An area of interest has been deciphering ALS’s genetic underpinnings and delivering functional copies of dysfunctional genes to the patient.

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