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mRNA: A New Era in Biopharmaceutical Contract Manufacturing Market

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The success of COVID-19 vaccines paved the path for mRNA-based drug products. However, synthesis and manufacturing of mRNA is fraught with several challenges as the production of such biomolecules is complex, cost intensive, requires specialized expertise and dedicated equipment.

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CAMP4’s funding influx paves the way for tapping regulatory RNA to treat urea cycle disorders

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Last week, CAMP4 Therapeutics announced the close of a $100 million Series B round , which will be used to advance their regulatory RNA (regRNA)-focused programs. In preparation for this, drug manufacturing will begin later this year and will be outsourced to external contract manufacturing organisations (CMOs).

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BioSig abandons COVID-19 drug trial on safety concerns

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US biotech BioSig Technologies has abandoned a phase 2 trial of its antiviral drug merimepodib with Gilead’s Veklury in severe COVID-19 patients, after concluding the safety of the combination was in doubt. Moreover, as an orally-active drug merimepodib could also have found a role outside the hospital setting.

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Novo Nordisk’s gene silencing alliance with Dicerna bears first fruit

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Two years after starting to work together, Novo Nordisk and Dicerna have selected the first candidate from a joint project to find new, gene-silencing drugs for liver-related cardiometabolic diseases. Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk signed a deal with the US biotech in 2019 valued at up to $675.5

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Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Library Preparation Kits Market: Current Scenario and Future Potential

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These kits require less input sample, produce sufficient DNA / RNA libraries with minimum errors and are compatible with a broad range of input samples, including blood, cells, plasma and saliva. As per our analysis, majority of the kits use purified RNA / DNA as the input sample. Nanoparticles Contract Manufacturing.

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Growing Demand for Oligonucleotides Proposes Shedload of Opportunities for Contract Manufacturers

Roots Analysis

In the 20 th century, major research went into discovery of a therapeutic class with the primary purpose of interfering with the RNA expression linked to disease causing proteins, nowadays classified as oligonucleotides. These contract service providers are actively entering into strategic collaborations to augment their existing portfolios.

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Pfizer to provide U.S. government with 10 million treatment courses of investigational oral antiviral candidate to help combat COVID-19

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ” PF-07321332 is designed to block the exertion of the SARS-CoV-2-3CL protease, an enzyme that the coronavirus needs to replicate, at a stage known as proteolysis-which occurs before viral RNA replication. Pfizer moment blazoned an agreement with theU.S.

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