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Intellia Gets FDA Clearance to Start First Ever Phase III Trial for an In Vivo CRISPR Drug

XTalks

Clinical-stage genome editing company Intellia Therapeutics has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to start a pivotal phase III trial of NTLA-2001 for the treatment of transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.

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Myeloid raises funds to support lead cell therapy programme

Pharmaceutical Technology

Myeloid Therapeutics has raised $73m to support the continued clinical development of its lead cell therapy programme, MT-101, in Phase I/II trials for T cell lymphoma. MT-302 is a TROP2-targeting in vivo chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that has been designed to express in the myeloid compartment.

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Forbion European Acquisition and enGene sign merger deal

Pharmaceutical Technology

Other investors include Investissement Québec, Omega Funds, Cowen Healthcare Investments, CTI Life Sciences Fund III, Northleaf Capital Partners, BVF Partners and Vivo Capital. Net proceeds from the transaction are expected to be used to finance the clinical development of enGene’s lead product, intravesical detalimogene voraplasmid (EG-70).

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Merck and Orna partner for RNA technology-based vaccines and therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Merck (MSD outside North America) has entered a partnership agreement with Orna Therapeutics for discovering, developing and marketing various programmes based on next-generation RNA technology. Merck will also make royalty payments on any approved products developed out of the partnership.

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Research partners hope to develop novel antibody-drug conjugates

Drug Discovery World

Under the terms of the agreement, Mersana will develop novel ADC product candidates against up to two targets utilising its Immunosynthen platform to conjugate proprietary antibodies from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. . Mersana will receive an upfront payment of $30 million.

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Strategic multi-platform collaboration to develop innovative oncology therapeutics 

Drug Discovery World

The strategic R&D collaboration focuses on three pillars: Applying Moderna’s mRNA technology for in vivo expression of Immatics’ next-generation, half-life extended TCR bispecifics (TCER), targeting cancer-specific HLA-presented peptides.

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ISCT 2023 key trends: redefining manufacturing 

Drug Discovery World

Our partners are leading companies (Conveyxo, Exo Biologics, Livedrop, Genflow Biosciences, Orgenesis, Theracell Advanced Biotechnology, Cylix Group) for each step of the production of ATMPs, which will then be developed and clinically evaluated by BioSenic. DDW’s Megan Thomas heard from attendees about key trends in the sector.