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

Worldwide Clinical Trials

At the end of May, we hosted a webinar titled “ Changing Times, Changing Therapies: Keeping Up with Advancements in Cell and Gene Therapies ” to provide a quick update on the latest advancements and ongoing in development of these advanced therapeutics. Clinical holds are becoming more common, especially in gene therapy programs.

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The path to improved safety of gene-based products

Drug Discovery World

Kerstin Pohl , Senior Global Marketing Manager, Gene Therapy & Nucleic Acid at SCIEX, looks at the application of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for analysing host cell proteins. Gene-based therapeutics and vaccines hold immense potential for more efficient and personalised treatment and prevention of complex diseases.

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Delivering on the promise of gene editing

Drug Discovery World

As gene editing technologies like CRISPR progress toward clinical study, researchers must continue to advance new approaches and address inherent challenges, explains Jon Chesnut, PhD, Senior Director, Cell Biology R&D, Thermo Fisher Scientific. Early phase clinical trials for gene editing therapies.

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FDA Authorizes Phase 1 Trial of ImmunityBio’s Novel COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate hAd5; Dual Construct is Designed to Drive Both T Cell and Antibody Immunity

The Pharma Data

Additionally, immunogenicity, duration of immune response and occurrence of symptomatic COVID-19 will be measured. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Cancer Gene Ther. Forward-Looking Statements. iv Osada T, et al.

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Optimising AAV capsid purification through improved analytics

Drug Discovery World

Svea Cheeseman , Refeyn, explains why better efficiency is needed to advance the production of viral vectors for use in gene therapies. Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are a promising, widely used vector for delivering gene therapies. Data were provided by the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (London, UK).

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The importance of glycan analysis and characterisation for biopharma

Drug Discovery World

This progress includes the expansion of genomic sciences and the ability to design cell bioprocessing platforms for biotherapeutics production that can be used to address previously unmet medical needs. Agilent’s next round of collaboration will look at cell and gene therapy glycan applications. Areas for future collaboration .

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Genentech’s Novel Anti-TIGIT Tiragolumab Granted FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation in Combination With Tecentriq for PD-L1-High Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , in combination with Tecentriq ® (atezolizumab) for the first-line treatment of people with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have high PD-L1 expression with no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations. TIGIT and PD-L1 are proteins that play a role in suppression of the immune system.