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Trial of Jazz’ cannabis drug in glioblastoma will start next year

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An investigator-led trial of Jazz Pharma’s cannabis extract-based drug Sativex in glioblastoma – an aggressive form of brain cancer – will get underway in the UK next year. Jazz acquired rights to Sativex when it completed its $7.2 billion takeover of Sativex’ developer GW Pharma earlier this year.

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Cantex secures license to develop small molecule-drug for inflammatory lung diseases

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Clinical stage pharmaceutical company Cantex Pharmaceuticals has obtained a global licence from Harvard University’s Office of Technology Development to develop the small-molecule drug azeliragon into a treatment for inflammatory lung diseases, including COVID-19. said Cantex CEO Stephen Marcus.

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Why Proactive AME Studies are Critical to Accelerating Your Approval Journey

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Also known as a human radiolabeled mass balanced study, the AME study aims to determine the overall metabolism and excretion pathways of the NCE, as well as to identify and quantify circulating metabolites relative to parent or total drug-related exposure.

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How patient-on-a-chip tech could be the future of drug discovery

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Testing drug compounds on a chip designed to mimic human organs sounds closer to science fiction than reality, yet the technology already exists and is already being put to use. The limits of animal models in drug discovery are well known. The limits of animal models in drug discovery are well known. Organ-on-a-chip.

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This week in drug discovery (21-25 August)  

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The headline news this week reflects the high level of interest and investment in neuroscience drug discovery, particularly neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s; including positive clinical trial results for new immunotherapy and biotherapeutic candidates, and hopes that existing medications could slow the progression of dementia.

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Biologic CAR T cell engager approved for UK clinical trial

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The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted Aleta Biotherapeutics a clinical trial authorisation (CTA) to evaluate biologic ALETA-001 in a Phase I/II clinical trial in patients with B-cell malignancies who are relapsed/refractory to CD19 CAR T cell therapy.

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10 Key Learnings from Successful Cellular and Gene Therapy Trials for Rare Diseases

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Melanie Blank, clinical team leader for General Medicine Branch 1 at the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Division of Clinical Evaluation and Pharmacology/Toxicology (DCEPT), the agency is seeing one or two new applications coming in every week for new gene therapies for different diseases.