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MARCH 7, 2023

Powers taught for more than six years at the National Institutes of Health, on medical product development and commercialisation, and at Georgetown Law School as an adjunct professor. Dr Loubna Bouarfa, Founder and CEO, OKRA.ai Dr Bouarfa is the founder and CEO of OKRA.ai, an artificial intelligence (AI) company for life sciences.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 30, 2023

Immunomic Therapeutics has commenced its Phase I clinical trial evaluating ITI-1001, a plasmid DNA (pDNA) vaccine, for the treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), a rare but aggressive form of brain cancer. The post Plasmid DNA vaccine for brain cancer enters Phase I trial appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 7, 2023

Acuitas’ proprietary LNP technology is used in multiple vaccines and therapeutics in clinical development and was also used in some of the COVID-19 vaccines that were approved and administered to people in 180 countries. ” “We are delighted to partner with Bayer in the area of gene therapy.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Early interim data show Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-negative kidney transplant recipients vaccinated with three doses of HB-101 had reduced incidence of CMV viremia, reduced antiviral use and no CMV disease. 21 participants were vaccinated with HB-101 and 12 received placebo. NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Nov.

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JULY 5, 2021

The new deal will assists the company’s focus “on advancing and innovating Parexel to meet our customers’ needs across the evolving clinical development landscape,” he added. billion.

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

He is co-founder and non-executive board member of the Hartwig Medical Foundation (large scale DNA analyses) and is a board member of the Center for Personalized Cancer Treatment and leads several innovative precision oncology clinical trials. He began his oncology development career at Rhône Poulenc Rorer Inc.

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XTalks

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The best way to prevent the flu is by getting vaccinated every year. The CDC and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommend annual flu vaccination for most people, especially those at high risk of serious complications, like pregnant women, elderly individuals, children and people with certain chronic health conditions.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Using a technique they’ve dubbed ‘cancer shredding’, the researchers at Gladstone Institutes, California, programmed CRISPR to zero-in on repeating DNA sequences present only in recurrent tumour cells – and then obliterate those cells by snipping away at them.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 20, 2021

Nasdaq: INO), a biotechnology company focused on bringing to market precisely designed DNA medicines to treat and protect people from infectious diseases, including COVID-19, cancer and HPV-associated diseases, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 17,700,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $8.50

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline are restarting clinical development of their COVID-19 vaccine, which was delayed after hitting a snag late last year. In December interim phase 1/2 trial results showed the vaccine produced a lower immune response in older adults.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Demand for our products remains robust, and production, supply and distribution of our medicines, vaccines and animal health products are moving forward with minimal disruption,” said Kenneth C. The FDA has granted V181, the company’s investigational dengue vaccine in Phase 1 development, Fast Track designation.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Study May Lead to Biomarkers for Tailoring COVID-19 Vaccines and Therapeutics. Potential Development of Human Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics to SARS-CoV-2. Results from the PRECISION Study Expected in First Half of 2021. CHATHAM, N.J., Sergei Rudchenko, Ph.D., About TNX-1800. 2018) PLoS One.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

mRNA technology helped us to vaccinate the world against SARS-CoV-2. Moderna Therapeutics, a biotechnology company that has developed SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines, has at least six rare disease programmes currently in preclinical and clinical development (Table 1).

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 15, 2022

“There remains a significant unmet need for patients diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, who have a poor prognosis after not responding to initial therapy,” said Dr. Roy Baynes, senior vice president and head of global clinical development, chief medical officer, Merck Research Laboratories. About Merck.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 23, 2024

NTX-250 was developed to target CIN through a multi-modal mechanism. It combines a vaccine component against HPV, an immunomodulator to make the tumour environment more receptive to immune attacks, and a T-cell co-stimulator to establish long-term immune memory against the tumour. CIN is a common precursor to cervical cancer.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Results show the protocol demonstrated a 30Gb+ yield of long DNA reads raw data of an E. The FMv8 protocol introduces a needle-aspirate-based, cell-resuspension step prior to cell lysis that boosts DNA recovery. eTheRNA’s global programs will benefit from China Grand Pharma’s development, clinical and marketing input.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 29, 2024

Bill Dawson, Chair, Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP): Dawson is Head of Biologics and Devices Manufacturing at GSK and has over 25 years’ experience in the vaccines, biopharma, pharmaceutical and clinical research (CRO) industries.

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XTalks

AUGUST 2, 2023

With each passing year, pharmaceutical companies around the globe strive to deliver cutting-edge medicines, therapies and vaccines that impact the lives of millions. Pfizer’s Top 5 Best-Selling Drugs of 2022: 1) Comirnaty Comirnaty is an mRNA-based vaccine indicated for the prevention of COVID-19. billion in 2022. for a pediatric dose.

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Advarra

AUGUST 10, 2023

Gene therapy has achieved notable successes, particularly in treating resistant or refractory B cell leukemias (achieving overall response rates around 90% or greater) and the speed with which COVID-19 vaccines were developed under the original Operation Warp Speed. Why Warp Speed for Rare Diseases?

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Lonza’s integrated CMC strategy and timeline was presented, as well as case studies highlighting key approaches and technologies, including: vector design & integration, cell line selection, downstream process, analytical method and formulation development. kb Influenza A hemagglutinin gene was used as a model system.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 30, 2023

Very recent data from Moderna’s and BioNTech’s personalised vaccines in combination with ICIs in melanoma and pancreatic cancer respectively have shown dramatic improvements when given as part of a triple combination (vaccine plus ICI and chemo/radiotherapy).

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Next-generation immunotherapies The fourth track of PEGS Europe 2023 on the third day is ‘Next-generation immunotherapies’, which will feature a range of sessions made up of presentations, talks and posters which address cell-based immunotherapies, vaccines, and checkpoints and agonists.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 26, 2023

Enzymatic DNA production company Touchlight have augmented its DNA production capabilities with a newly announced expansion to its London facilities. Tripling its production capacity, Touchlight can now manufacture 8kg plasmid DNA, a key component for mRNA gene therapies and vaccines.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 24, 2020

From isolating SARS-CoV-2 in early January to sequencing its genome shortly thereafter and having a prototype vaccine against it within days, scientific process and progress have held steadfast throughout the pandemic. For example, investment in mRNA vaccines and viral vectors came well before January, many years before it.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Vaccine candidates from Novavax and Johnson & Johnson are looking to join the growing list of authorized COVID-19 vaccines as the companies recently posted positive efficacy data from large-scale Phase III trials evaluating their respective vaccines. Related: Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Effective Against New Variants.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 16, 2020

AstraZeneca has seen a few setbacks with the COVID-19 vaccine it has developed with Oxford University, including a confusing efficacy outcome that resulted from the inclusion of a half-dose. Despite those setbacks, the company anticipates its vaccine could be available for use in the United Kingdom within the next several weeks.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

“Vaccine Nationalism” Could Prove the Undoing of COVID-19 Containment. Tension is mounting as nations big and small jockey around industry to ensure they are first in line to access a vaccine, should one prove to be successful against COVID-19. Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine. The price of that prize is incalculable.

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