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STAT+: Drugmakers ask regulators to change standards on new Covid antibody drugs for most vulnerable

STAT News

and European regulators on Thursday to adopt new standards for approving antibody drugs against Covid, particularly for immunocompromised and other vulnerable patients. Biotech executives and a handful of academics pleaded with U.S.

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Innovation in immuno-oncology: Leading companies in tumour antibody serum compositions

Pharmaceutical Technology

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Immuno-oncology in Pharmaceuticals: Tumour antibody serum compositions. The production of antibodies in response to proteins expressed during cancer development serves as a biomarker.

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Researchers Discover Genetic Errors and Rogue Antibodies in Cases of Severe COVID-19 Infection

XTalks

While it remains unclear why some people become more gravely ill than others when infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, researchers have found that an immune deficiency may be part of it. Type I interferons are critical molecular immune regulators that are at the forefront of antiviral responses early in an infection.

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New anti-evolocumab antibodies could aid drug development

Drug Discovery World

Bio-Rad Laboratories has introduced a range of type 1 antibodies that inhibit the binding of evolocumab (Repatha) to its target, human proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), a protein that has been shown to play a key role in the regulation of cholesterol levels. .

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First patient dosed in trial of antibody for kidney disease

Drug Discovery World

The first patient has been dosed in the clinical Phase I evaluation of the Sema3A monoclonal antibody, part of the Evotec-Bayer multi-target research collaboration in kidney diseases. Semaphorin-3A is an extracellular guidance protein and a well-known regulator of the actin cytoskeleton.

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IOME Bio’s science represents breakthrough in cancer research 

Drug Discovery World

IOME Bio continues to collaborate with the Sharpe and Kasper labs through sponsored research and has an exclusive license to intellectual property stemming from their discoveries. Professor Gordon Freeman at the Dana-Faber Cancer Institute is also a key collaborator and contributor.

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Renaissance Pharma inks partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for neuroblastoma treatment

BioPharma Reporter

Jude Childrenâs Research Hospital for Hu14.18, a humanised antibody in development by the hospital for the treatment of newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma. Renaissance Pharma, a company focused on the development of life changing therapies in pediatric rare disease, has entered into an exclusive license agreement with St.