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Umoja and IASO partner to develop therapies for haematological malignancies

Pharmaceutical Technology

The iPSC-based allogeneic cell therapy platform of Umoja leverages its synthetic receptor enabled differentiation (ShRED) manufacturing process to guide iCIL differentiation and development with robust anti-tumour activity. In the initial stage, the partnership will focus on acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) to boost accessibility to patients.

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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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Spotlighting Lupus Awareness Month: CAR-T Technology Creates New Avenues for Treatment of a Devastating Disease

WCG Clinical

The currently approved CD-19 CAR products are autologous, ex vivo cellular therapies. These therapies are manufactured by extracting T cells from the patient’s blood, genetically modifying them in the lab, and then reinfusing them back into the same donor patient. In these cases B cell depletion is a feature, not a bug.

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AvantGen Announces Licensing of Its Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 Therapy Development

The Pharma Data

a San Diego-based biotechnology company with an array of technology platforms for antibody discovery and optimization, and novel NK and T cell engager generation, today announced licensing of a panel of its anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody clones to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 therapy development.

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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

Delveinsight

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.

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COVID-19: Celltrion’s therapeutic option

pharmaphorum

Celltrion’s COVID-19 therapeutic, CT-P59, is a monoclonal antibody (mAb) with activity against COVID-19. It was identified as a potential treatment through the screening of antibody candidates from recovered patients and selecting those that showed the highest potency in neutralising the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Overcoming obstacles.

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

XTalks

TIL vs CAR T-Cell Therapies While CAR T-cell therapies involve inserting a CAR engineered to target a specific cancer cell protein into a patient’s T cells, TIL-based T-cell therapies like Amtagvi involve separating TILs from a patient’s tumor (in autologous therapies) and expanding them ex vivo.