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Innovate UK funding for new precision cancer treatment technology

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Programmable Oligonucleotide Delivery System (PODS), developed by Sixfold Bioscience, is a versatile system which delivers short interfering RNA (siRNA) gene silencing cargo to specific cancer cells.

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Vevye: A New Cyclosporine Solution for Dry Eye Disease

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“The clinical trials consistently showed significant therapeutic improvements in ocular surface damage and associated symptoms, while pioneering visual function improvement analysis”, said John D. Attendees will understand best practices for novel drug delivery design and development. What Is Dry Eye Disease?

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The 3rd Annual RNAi – Based Therapeutics Summit Returns!

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With 28 pioneering speakers from large pharma, innovative biotech and KOLs of academia who are ready to discuss the full and comprehensive range of RNAi drugs from discovery to development and beyond, join us in Boston to hear how they address the major challenges facing the industry. Key Benefits of Attending.

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Novo Nordisk snaps up RNAi partner Dicerna in $3.3bn takeover deal

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Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk must like what it has seen in its two-year-old alliance with gene-silencing specialist Dicerna Pharma – it has just agreed to acquire the biotech for $3.3 billion in cash. The $38.25-per-share per-share deal represents a premium of around 80% on Dicerna’s closing price yesterday.

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Frontotemporal dementia: the state of treatment development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Other lines of research look at the genetic overlap between FTD and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which could be used in the development of treatments for both conditions. This is also one of the major challenges that slow the development of effective treatments for FTD, he adds. Do we develop a single treatment for all three?

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2020 review – Pharma’s progress outside of COVID-19

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Originally developed to treat late-stage EGFR-mutated disease, the ADAURA study tested Tagrisso as an adjuvant treatment in patients with early disease following surgery. A molecule codenamed DNL151, currently in phase 1 development, has been selected to progress into late-stage clinical studies that are expected to begin in 2021.

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Advances in Genetic Medicine May Be Outpacing Some Clinicians’ Understanding, But Pharmaceutical Marketers Can Do Much to Address the Problem

Pharma Marketing Network

Here are 5 considerations when developing a communications strategy for a novel genetic medicine. #1. Early development of a simple narrative is important to provide a shared understanding of and early scientific differentiation for a novel genetic therapy. Genetic literacy among clinicians may not be as high as you think.