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European regulators begin rolling review of AZ’s COVID-19 vaccine

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European regulators have started a first ‘rolling review’ of a COVID-19 vaccine, which is being developed by AstraZeneca in collaboration with the University of Oxford. In a separate announcement, AstraZeneca said that a trial of the vaccine has resumed in Japan after a safety scare in the UK.

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AZ resumes UK coronavirus vaccine trial

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AstraZeneca has resumed UK trials for its coronavirus vaccine, after the country’s medicines regulator gave the all-clear following a safety scare. A UK safety committee has concluded its investigations and recommended to the country’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) that trials are safe to resume.

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Targeting a human protein may stop Ebola virus in its tracks

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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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AZ resumes trial of COVID-19 vaccine

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. AstraZeneca has confirmed that clinical trials assessing its Oxford University partnered coronavirus vaccine AZD1222 have resumed in the UK, following a green light by the Medicines Health Regulatory Authority (MHRA). Source link.

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

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Basel, March 30, 2021 — Novartis has obtained exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize therapeutic applications for a library of Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) targeting agents including FAPI-46 and FAPI-74, through an assignment agreement with iTheranostics, Inc., an affiliate of SOFIE Biosciences, Inc. Disclaimer.

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Sarepta’s Elevidys Reaches Finish Line as First Gene Therapy Approved for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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The approval is restricted to ambulatory patients within this narrow age range due to uncertainty around its effectiveness in older children, which Sarepta hopes to clarify in a confirmatory trial. DMD is caused by the absence of dystrophin, a protein that helps maintain the integrity of muscle cells.

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Conversations from ESMO Targeted Anticancer Therapies Congress 2024 

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METTL1 inhibition leads to reduced tRNA methylation and stability of a subgroup of tRNAs and in several cancer cell lines impairs cell proliferation and cell cycle progression, accompanied by reduced expression of cell cycle regulators. Results of that Phase I trial are expected to be presented later this year.

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