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RNA Therapeutics: A Novel Approach to Treating Diseases

Roots Analysis

RNA therapeutics are a novel class of biopharmaceuticals that harness the power of RNA molecules for the treatment and prevention of a wide range of disorders, including oncological, and genetic disorders as well as infectious diseases. Non-coding RNAs include antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) and RNA aptamers.

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Next Generation RNA Therapeutics and Vaccines – A Marvel of The Lifesciences Industry

Roots Analysis

In the past few years, Next Generation RNA therapeutics have emerged as one of the key therapeutic modalities in the modern healthcare industry. These RNA based therapeutics play a crucial role in protein production and regulation of gene functions.

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Do pharma marketers have a responsibility to the public?

World of DTC Marketing

IN BRIEF: As a marketer, most of us, like a Jungian archetype, are true Communicators. As a pharma marketer who has worked in many other therapeutic categories and recently on a Covid launch, I have become acutely aware of the interaction between national poles and the on-the-ground sentiment I have observed.

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miRecule and Sanofi partner to develop muscular dystrophy therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

miRecule and Sanofi have entered a strategic partnership and exclusive licence agreement for the development and commercialisation of an antibody-RNA conjugate (ARC) to treat facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). The anti-DUX4 RNA therapy was discovered using the DREAmiR platform of miRecule.

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New RSV therapies may accelerate the emergence of resistant strains

Pharmaceutical Technology

AstraZeneca’s Synagis (palivizumab), which was approved in 1998, was the only monoclonal antibody (mAb) available for use to prevent RSV in high-risk infants for the past two decades. As an RNA virus, like SARS-CoV-2, RSV is highly prone to mutations.

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DDW top reads in 2023

Drug Discovery World

Other biotechnologies coming to the fore this year were antibody-drug conjugates and CRISPR gene editing. Three trends in the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) market Antibody-drug conjugates are biopharmaceutical products in which a monoclonal antibody (mAB) is linked to a small molecule drug with a stable linker.

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Race to the finish: pharma edges closer to approval with RSV vaccines

Pharmaceutical Technology

Since the FDA approved AstraZeneca’s monoclonal antibody therapy Synagis (palivizumab) 25 years ago, drug development successes for RSV have been few and far between. The two types of candidates currently in the pipeline can be categorised as monoclonal antibodies and vaccines.