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Novartis buys Arvinas’ prostate cancer protein degrader for $150m

Drug Discovery World

Arvinas’ AR-V7-targeting PROTAC protein degrader is designed to target both AR-V7 and full-length AR. Under the license agreement, Arvinas is eligible to receive additional development, regulatory, and commercial milestones of up to $1.01 billion, as well as tiered royalties for ARV-766. “We

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Chinook and Ionis partner to develop ASO therapy for kidney disease

Pharmaceutical Technology

The collaboration aims to discover, develop and commercialise an ASO therapy. It will use the precision medicine approach, as well as the deep expertise of Chinook Therapeutics in nephrology and knowledge of Ionis Pharmaceuticals in RNA-targeted therapeutics.

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Cell and gene therapies: why advanced medicines call for specialised logistics

Pharmaceutical Technology

But scientists have struggled to find effective treatments for many of these diseases since the dawn of modern medicine. Often referred to as a type of gene-modified cell therapy, CAR-T cell therapies involve genetically modifying a patient’s own T cells to produce a protein that enables them to identify and kill cancer cells.

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3BP and Novartis strike licensing agreement for FAP-targeting peptide technology

Pharmaceutical Technology

German biotechnology firm 3B Pharmaceuticals (3BP) has entered into a licensing agreement with Novartis Innovative Therapies for its fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-targeting peptide technology. 3BP receives an initial payment of $40m, and $425m as development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments.

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HanAll Biopharma and Daewoong sign deal to develop Parkinson’s therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

HanAll Biopharma and Daewoong Pharmaceutical will combine their resources and knowledge to develop NurrOn’s ATH-399A and other compounds targeting Nurr1 [nuclear receptor-related 1 protein] to treat neurodegenerative disorders. Nurr1 is a class of proteins important for the development and maintenance of dopamine in the brain.

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Bayer and Bicycle Therapeutics to develop radioconjugates for oncology targets

Pharmaceutical Technology

The collaboration will see Bicycle use its phage platform to discover and develop bicyclic peptides while Bayer will fully fund and manage further preclinical and clinical development, manufacturing and commercialisation aspects. Bicyclic peptides feature amino acids that can be manufactured synthetically.

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Monte Rosa Therapeutics raises $96m to develop protein-degrading molecules

The Pharma Data

. Monte Rosa Therapeutics has raised $96m in Series B financing to support further develop of its pipeline of small-molecule protein degraders. The company, which was originally formed as a spinout from Cancer Research UK-funded research at the Institute of Cancer Research, specialises in targeted protein degradation.

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