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Why have medicines progressed so little in the last decades?

Drug Discovery World

Why has there been so little progress in medicine? After all, these failures come on top of decades and decades of research into these diseases. Animal research Unfortunately, most of the research into these diseases has been conducted on animals. Why has it been so unproductive?

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Where is the promise for plant-based medicines? Part 1: Cannabis  

Drug Discovery World

In the first part of this series of articles focused on plant-based medicines, DDW’s Megan Thomas evaluates the use of medical cannabis in drug discovery. Medical cannabis is often a first-thought when regarding plant-based medicines, but there remains public scepticism, arguably due to the regulations relating to the substance.

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Medicinal cannabis: Why more clinical trials and better access is needed

Drug Discovery World

Michael Sassano , CEO at SOMAÍ Pharmaceuticals looks at what’s needed throughout Europe to help increase access to medicinal cannabis and the current state of pharmaceutical research in this area. The use of medicinal cannabis across much of the world is still in its infancy.

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FDA approval to Keytruda and Lenvima; FibroGen’s Roxadustat; Pfizer’s TICOVAC; Ipsen’s Palovarotene; Jazz Pharma’s Xywav; Seagen-RemeGen’s Cancer Medicine

Delveinsight

The efficacy and safety results were produced from a broad research study, multicenter, open-label, randomized phase 3 trial data from the Keynote-581 trial of the first-line therapy indicated to the patients that resulted in an extension of their survival.

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Biologic CAR T cell engager approved for UK clinical trial

Drug Discovery World

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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Radioligand therapy pipeline with in-license for compounds targeting Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP)

The Pharma Data

Targeted radioligand therapy is a type of precision medicine combining two key elements: a targeting compound, or ligand, and a radioactive isotope, causing DNA damage that inhibits tumor growth and replication. We believe this technology has the potential to transform many patients’ lives.”. Disclaimer. Source link:[link].

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Eterna acquires Exacis’ allogeneic immuno-oncology platform

Drug Discovery World

The deal also provides Eterna with an exclusive global license to produce an unlimited number of mRNA-engineered natural killer (NK) and T-cell therapies derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). “We We are excited to bring this powerful platform into Eterna.