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Outsourcing Peptide Synthesis: Preferred Choice of Drug Developers

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Moreover, these short chains of amino acids, distinct from proteins in their shorter length, serve as essential building blocks for various scientific investigations. Additionally, peptides may offer enhanced absorption compared to proteins, swiftly entering the bloodstream by easily permeating the skin and intestines.

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Global drug discovery hotspots: Glasgow, UK

Drug Discovery World

The new hub will become a part of the already thriving life sciences sector in the Glasgow area, most of which is centred around the university, the Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute and the BioCity cluster, making Glasgow and its surrounds one of the most important regions for drug discovery and development in the UK.

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Sourcing Blockbuster Oncology Products for Clinical Trial Supply

XTalks

They are both checkpoint inhibitors targeted towards programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1 inhibitors), a protein that is responsible for downregulating the immune system and preventing it from killing cancer cells. As both products target the same pathway, they naturally compete in many indications (Table 1).

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Amtagvi (Lifileucel) Scores Landmark Win as First FDA-Approved T-Cell Therapy for a Solid Tumor

XTalks

TIL vs CAR T-Cell Therapies While CAR T-cell therapies involve inserting a CAR engineered to target a specific cancer cell protein into a patient’s T cells, TIL-based T-cell therapies like Amtagvi involve separating TILs from a patient’s tumor (in autologous therapies) and expanding them ex vivo.

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Lumos Pharma’s Patient-Centric Strategy for Rare Disease Drug Development

XTalks

This venture also led me to identify a gap in the market for contract manufacturing of recombinant proteins. Together, we developed the world’s first growth hormone receptor antagonist, Somavert (pegvisomant), targeting acromegaly.

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J&J’s Carvykti and BMS’ Abecma Win FDA Approvals for Earlier Use in Multiple Myeloma

XTalks

Moreover, rather than producing antibodies, the cancer cells produce abnormal proteins that can cause complications. In last month’s call, Legend CEO Ying Huang, PhD, shared that the partners are aiming to increase manufacturing capacity at their New Jersey plant.

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INOVIO Announces Publication of Phase 1 Data from its COVID-19 DNA Vaccine Candidate, INO-4800 in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine

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Cellular (T cell) response were observed to multiple regions of the spike protein including the RBD region. . The 1.0 mg and 2.0 mg dose group both demonstrated seroconversion in 95% of the subjects, respectively, with 78% demonstrating neutralizing antibodies in the 1.0 mg dose group.

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