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Gene Therapy and Pharmacokinetics

Camargo

How and When to Incorporate PK Design into Your Gene Therapy Development Plan. Gene therapy, which was in its infancy around 30 years ago, is now becoming a more prominent treatment method in many therapeutic areas, from personalized therapy to mass vaccinations against COVID-19. Gene Therapy Definition.

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?5 Things You Need to Know from Our Recent Gene Therapy Webinar

Worldwide Clinical Trials

At the end of May, we hosted a webinar titled “ Changing Times, Changing Therapies: Keeping Up with Advancements in Cell and Gene Therapies ” to provide a quick update on the latest advancements and ongoing in development of these advanced therapeutics. Clinical holds are becoming more common, especially in gene therapy programs.

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Astellas says Pompe gene therapy clears safety hurdle

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With the safety of gene therapies thrown into the spotlight by a series of FDA clinical holds, Astellas has said that an interim readout in a phase 1/2 trial of its Pompe disease candidate AT845 hasn’t found any cause for concern. The post Astellas says Pompe gene therapy clears safety hurdle appeared first on.

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Symvivo’s Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Enters Clinical Trials

XTalks

The Burnaby, BC-based company developed the oral DNA-based vaccine using its proprietary bacTRL Gene Therapy Platform, which uses genetically modified bifidobacteria as carriers of genetic vaccine elements on a DNA plasmid. BacTRL Gene Therapy Platform. Related: Red Meat Allergy Test Gets FDA Clearance. “We

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Ixaka (formerly Rexgenero) Launches as an Integrated Cell and Gene Therapy Company

The Pharma Data

LONDON–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Ixaka Ltd , an integrated cell and gene therapy company focused on the natural power of the body to cure disease, launches today. The new business will continue to develop Ixaka’s proprietary technologies – concentrated multi-cell therapies (MCTs) and targeted nanoparticle (TNP) therapeutics.

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Astellas pumps $90m into Sutro immuno-oncology alliance

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. “iADCs hold promise well beyond the existing success of ADCs,” said Sutro’s chief executive William Newell, pointing to the technology’s ability to bind two separate components to a tumour-targeting antibody – one that delivers a cell-killing payload and another that can help drive an immune response.

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Roche, Hookipa Pharma agree $25 million deal for arenaviral immunotherapy

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Hookipa’s proprietary arenavirus platform is based on engineering arenaviruses to carry and deliver virus-specific or tumour-specific genes directly in patients in order to evoke an immune response by T cells, also known as CD8+ T cells.