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Hopewell Therapeutics raises funds for genomic medicines development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Biotechnology company Hopewell Therapeutics has raised $25m in seed financing to accelerate the development of next-generation lipid nanoparticles for targeted delivery of genomic medicines. Hopewell Therapeutics is engaged in discovering, synthesising and developing advanced ttLNPs to provide next-generation genomic medicines.

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Investment fuels AI-driven development of breakthrough genomic medicines

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David Del Bourgo (CEO and co-founder, Whitelab Genomics) has always been passionate about introducing disruptive, innovative technologies to markets. We founded Whitelab Genomics after realising the potential to use data, data science, and AI in a more systematic way to develop genomic therapies,” Del Bourgo says.

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Why genomic healthcare data matters in the development of new therapies 

Drug Discovery World

Genomic healthcare data is critical to identify disease risk, ancestry, traits and response to medicines and aids in the development of new targeted therapies – precision medicines. DDW’s Megan Thomas observes developments of accessibility in this sector and the potential impact. . The origins .

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Novel technique opens up new possibilities in synthetic genomics

Drug Discovery World

A new technique to clone and reassemble DNA could simplify and lower the cost of making synthetic chromosomes, according to its creators at University of Southern California (USC) Dornsife. The thing about most synthetic genomics research is that it involves building chromosomes or genomes from scratch using chemically synthesised DNA pieces.

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Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for research into the evolutionary history of humankind

STAT News

A Swedish scientist won the 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology on Monday for his groundbreaking research into the evolutionary history of humankind. Pääbo unlocked scientists’ understanding of how genes from these extinct relatives have been passed down to present-day humans.

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BMS’s repotrectinib to have FoundationOne genomic sequencing companion diagnostic

Pharmaceutical Technology

Foundation Medicine has announced it will supply a tissue-based test as a companion diagnostic for Bristol Myers Squibb’s (BMS) recently acquired ROS1/TRK inhibitor repotrectinib. Repotrectinib has been developed to combat cancer resistance to existing therapies and exert consistent anti-tumor activity.

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Opinion: A better understanding of human diversity is needed to equitably advance precision medicine

STAT News

Precision medicine — tailoring a treatment to an individual’s disease — requires understanding the individual’s biological characteristics. More than 80% of genomics studies have been conducted in people of European descent. Read the rest…

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