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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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More Drugs for Dry Eye Disease Are on the Way Several other drugs have recently gained FDA approval or are currently in advanced stages of clinical development for the treatment of dry eye disease. One such approved medication is Miebo , an ophthalmic solution developed by Bausch + Lomb and Novaliq.

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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. If approved, it could become a $500 million-a-year product, according to the company.

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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.

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

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In summer, Alnylam’s gene silencing drug Oxlumo, the first treatment for primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1), an ultra-rare and life-threatening genetic disorder Oxlumo was approved in the European Union and the US. Rare disease progress. The post 2020 review – Pharma’s progress outside of COVID-19 appeared first on.

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

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While this narrative will undoubtedly evolve throughout the clinical development process, the first draft should be developed as early as the IND-enabling stage. This will create an early shared understanding that will provide a framework for consistent communications throughout clinical development and post launch.

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Positive Phase I results for RNAi therapeutic in hypertension

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Zilebesiran also demonstrated an acceptable safety profile supporting continued clinical development; the most frequent treatment-related adverse events were mild, transient injection-site reactions. The post Positive Phase I results for RNAi therapeutic in hypertension appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).