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ARTHEx Biotech raises funds to advance DM1 therapy to clinical trial

Pharmaceutical Technology

ARTHEx Biotech will use the funds to advance an antimiR oligonucleotide, ATX-01, to a Phase I/IIa clinical trial in the second half of 2023. It has a dual mechanism of action that targets toxic dystrophia myotonica protein kinase and MBNL protein.

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Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine gets Taiwan FDA EUA for use in adults

Pharmaceutical Technology

The protein-based vaccine is engineered from the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ initial strain. Developed utilising Novavax’s recombinant nanoparticle technology to generate antigen obtained from the coronavirus spike (S) protein, the vaccine is also formulated with the company’s saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant.

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Gates Biomanufacturing Facility reaches protein biologic manufacturing milestone

Scienmag

(February 23, 2021) – The Gates Biomanufacturing Facility (GBF) has completed the manufacturing and release of a protein-based biologic under Good Manufacturing Practice for Phase 1 Investigational Drugs for first-in-human clinical trials.

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Generate Biomedicines partners with MD Anderson to develop cancer therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Generate Biomedicines has signed a co-development and commercialisation agreement with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to expedite the development of new protein therapeutics for oncology using generative AI. TRACTION is a part of the therapeutics discovery division of MD Anderson.

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Latest Data from Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Involving B.1.351 Variant Shared by Protein Vaccine Maker

XTalks

As Novavax awaits emergency use authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine NVX-CoV2373, the company shared new data this week on the vaccine’s efficacy against the South African B.1.351 1.351 variant.

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Targeting a human protein may stop Ebola virus in its tracks

The Pharma Data

Polymerase is a viral protein that directs how Ebola virus replicates its genome as it infects new hosts. The researchers discovered that Ebola virus polymerase hijacks a cellular protein called GSPT1. To treat Ebola virus infections, researchers are taking a close look at a key piece of the virus: polymerase.

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mRNA Cancer Vaccines and Therapies: An Overview

Advarra

While mRNA usage has played several roles in clinical research , oncology researchers in particular are eager to explore the possibilities of mRNA-based cancer vaccines. The mRNA constructs used in COVID-19 vaccines, for example, direct cells to produce a version of the “spike” protein studding the surface of SARS-CoV-2.