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

Worldwide Clinical Trials

We’ve also seen a decrease in available research nurses, as they have had to be reassigned to COVID patients. It really is—there has been a 10x increase in cell and gene therapies in the clinical development pipeline since 2012. Fewer staff creates many problems, including less bandwidth to meet for reviews and approvals.

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Comment: Drug discovery and the International Day of Action for Women’s Health

Drug Discovery World

Versameb is a next generation RNA company taking action in the treatment of this unmet need, with a lead candidate programme in SUI. The company has developed a proprietary technology platform, VERSagile, which optimises the application of functional RNA in different disease contexts.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Coverage

XTalks

The company’s candidate vaccine, mRNA-1273, is a synthetic messenger RNA that encodes the stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. That said, the percentage of all COVID-19 deaths that occurred in nursing homes, standing at 81 percent, is the highest in the world followed by Spain at 66 percent.