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Sanofi wagers $400m on miRecule muscular dystrophy therapy

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Sanofi has added to its rare disease pipeline by licensing an antibody-RNA conjugate (ARC) for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a genetic muscle disorder, from US biotech miRecule. billion deal in 2018. The aim will be to identify promising candidates in areas of “unmet patient need.”

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Biopharma Money on the Move: December 2 – 8

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Now poised to advance a robust therapeutics pipeline to clinical development, Nuance will use the funds for ongoing R&D of existing products and business development of potential new assets. Through its Shielded Living Therapeutics platform, the company is developing functional cures for chronic diseases.

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FDA Action Alert: Supernus, Adamis, Alkermes, Amgen, BMS and Eiger

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The submission includes data from the ENLIGHTEN clinical development program in schizophrenia, and pharmacokinetic (PK) bridging data comparing ALKS 3831 and Zyprexa (olanzapine), to support an indication for schizophrenia. Bristol Myers Squibb’s Lisocabtagene Maraleucel (CAR-T) for R/R Large B-Cell Lymphoma.

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Eloxx Pharmaceuticals to Report Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results and Provide Business Update on November 5, 2020

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Premature stop codons are point mutations that disrupt protein synthesis from messenger RNA. As a consequence, patients with premature stop codon diseases have reduced or eliminated protein production from the mutation bearing allele accounting for some of the most severe phenotypes in these genetic diseases.

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The era of precision neuroscience

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Guiding neurological drug discovery and development to success The 20 years since the Human Genome Project has seen transformational advances in the molecular understanding of cancers and rare genetic diseases, leading to genetically informed, personalised selection of therapies and massively improved outcomes for many patients.

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GeneTx and Ultragenyx Announce Positive Interim Phase 1/2 Data on Investigational GTX-102 Demonstrating Improvement in Patients with Angelman Syndrome

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All patients experienced numerical increases in the sub-scale growth scores of expressive and/or receptive communication of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-4) domains, and three patients showed improvements in the Observed Reported Communication Ability (ORCA) measure of expressive, receptive, and pragmatic communication.

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