pharmaphorum

JANUARY 24, 2023

Drug development has long been an issue for the pharma industry, due to the expense and the high failure rate of potential treatments. Ben Hargreaves finds that the vast amount of genetic data that exists today could help provide a faster, more targeted way of developing new drug candidates.

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MARCH 1, 2024

In a pivotal move for the food industry, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has unveiled industry guidance for genome edited foods derived from plants. This landmark guidance aims to demystify the FDA’s risk-based approach towards both genome edited foods and all new plant varieties. What is Genome Editing?

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Genetically modified animal models. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is one of the leading patent filers in the generation of genetically modified animal models.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 18, 2024

Landmark genetic research could allow doctors to accurately predict whether a patient is at risk of developing common diseases, decades before any symptoms would become evident. He’s going to accelerate personalised medicine based on an individual’s genome.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 29, 2023

The latest eBook by DDW ‘The impact of genomics on drug discovery: Creating new opportunities’ is out now. This 24-page eBook sponsored by The Jackson Laboratory looks at the key use-cases for genomics and how it is improving drug discovery and development projects.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 29, 2023

This 24-page eBook sponsored by The Jackson Laboratory looks at the key use-cases for genomics and how it is improving drug discovery and development projects.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 5, 2024

million to fund a new two-year collaborative partnership with King’s College London (KCL) to validate a portfolio of human genetic driven therapeutic targets for motor neuron disease (MND). Historical pipeline data suggests that drug targets with human genetic disease association are twice as likely to lead to approved drugs.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 12, 2023

Repotrectinib has been developed to combat cancer resistance to existing therapies and exert consistent anti-tumor activity. Individuals that develop lung cancer with no smoking history are genetically distinct from those who develop the cancer with a smoking history.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 14, 2023

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have used genetics to reveal that much of the risk of developing the common and sometimes fatal diverticular disease of intestine (DivD) is inherited. The study has identified new drug targets and opened up possibilities for novel treatment strategies.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

OBSERVATION: Biologics can take a long time to develop but COVID vaccines have been in development for almost 50 years and novel approaches were used to develop these vaccines. Vaccines typically take 10 to 15 years to develop, test and release to the public. The post How did pharma develop a vaccine so quickly?

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Known as ‘CReATiNG’ (Cloning Reprogramming and Assembling Tiled Natural Genomic DNA), the method offers a simpler and more cost-effective approach to constructing synthetic chromosomes. 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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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Alphabet subsidiary and precision health company Verily recently announced a breakthrough in its AI drug discovery GPCR research collaboration with Sosei Heptares. Essentially, the collaboration brought together both “the right expertise and the right technology”, opening up myriad possibilities for targeting GPCRs within the human genome.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

A new study led by Medical Research Council-funded researchers from UCL has found that tailoring the analysis of whole genome sequencing to individual patients could double the diagnostic rates of rare diseases. . Consequently, the UK has established itself at the forefront of diagnostic whole genome sequencing. Context .

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 29, 2024

Leading experts in genomics, personalised medicine and drug discovery convened at the Precision Medicine Community Event in London to unveil the latest advancements shaping the future of healthcare. The post What are the key trends in genomics and precision medicine for 2024? appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Scribe Therapeutics and Sanofi have signed a strategic partnership to expedite the development of breakthrough clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based cell therapies for cancer. Scribe is also entitled to receive potential payments worth over $1bn on meeting development and commercial milestones.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 10, 2020

Swiss medical data specialist Sophia Genetics has launched a platform that will sift through data generated at more than 1,000 hospitals around the world to try to work out how the COVID-19 pandemic will evolve in the coming months and years. The post Sophia Genetics launches AI tool to find COVID-19 ‘unknowns’ appeared first on.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2022

GSK has entered a strategic partnership with Wave Life Sciences to progress the discovery and development of oligonucleotide therapies for new genetic targets. The alliance will merge the PRISM oligonucleotide platform of Wave and the capabilities of GSK in genetics and genomics.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

million ($40 million) first-round financing that will be used to explore so-called ‘dark’ regions of the human genome. M Ventures’ Dr Bauke Anninga said that that the startup has a “differentiated platform technology has the potential to fundamentally shift the way we discover and develop precision medicines.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 26, 2022

A study by the Qatar Genome Research Consortium, led by Dr Lotfi Chouchane from Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, has reported the first landscape of cancer germline mutations – hereditary mutations – in the Qatari population. . These variants increase the risk of developing breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men. .

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A new partnership between industry and three rare disease foundations has formed with the goal of accelerating the development of precision drugs to treat rare neurodevelopmental disorders. . The post Partnership takes on mission to advance precision drug development appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 25, 2024

“The potential for CAR T as a therapeutic option for autoimmune disease has captured the collective imagination of the scientific community,” said Zachary Roberts, Executive Vice President of Research & Development and Chief Medical Officer of Allogene.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 21, 2021

However, despite the work still left to be done, there are now a growing number of treatments in the pipeline and 2020 proved to be a remarkable year for orphan drug approvals, with the US FDA approving more orphan designated treatments than non-orphan drugs. This leads back to the barriers in developing successful treatments.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 16, 2023

Over the next two decades, it is quite possible that most new drugs approved could be based on some form of RNA, whether it be through its delivery or targeting the molecule itself. In actuality, the protein-coding portion of our genome is comparable in identity and number with the humble fruit fly or worm.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 24, 2024

The strategic partnership will combine Variant Bio’s genomic discovery capabilities and VB-Inference platform with Evotec’s knowledge of antifibrotic drug discovery. We look forward to combining our complementary drug discovery platforms in a capital efficient partnership and drive new, best-in-class fibrosis treatments together.”

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XTalks

JULY 19, 2021

Phosphorus, a leading preventative genomics company, has developed the first comprehensive preventative genetic test for consumers. The test is called GeneCompass and features medical-grade technology to provide a holistic assessment of genetic health and wellness. The Phosphorus GeneCompass test has a list price of $249.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 3, 2023

This is the latest episode of the free DDW narrated podcast, “What lies in the future for genomics and big data?”, and “ Why a recent advancement is a giant leap for human genomics ”. Listen here: The post New podcast on the future for genomics and big data appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In celebration of the Nobel Prize for Medicine going to two of the early proponents of mRNA technology for creating therapeutics, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, this week our round-up highlights the importance of genetics, genomics and gene editing in drug discovery.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 14, 2024

With a lead story on the restoration of congenital hearing loss following gene therapy, the news highlights selection this week focuses on cell and gene therapies (CGT) and genetics, particularly some key progress in relation to CAR-T therapies.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 13, 2022

PacBio, developer of sequencing solutions, has announced its HiFi sequencing technology will be used in a pilot project for the Children’s Rare Disease Cohorts Initiative (CRDC) at Boston Children’s Hospital. . The post Researchers investigate genetic variants linked to paediatric diseases appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 28, 2024

Paul Mercer, Head of Collaboration at the Crick, said: “We are really excited to be able to develop these research partnerships with SMEs, diversifying the opportunity for development of Crick discoveries through the application of disruptive innovations.”

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Scientists have shown how stomach cancers can develop resistance to a new class of drugs called ATR inhibitors by switching off the activity of two key genes – raising the possibility of outsmarting cancer by predicting drug resistance in advance. .

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XTalks

APRIL 15, 2021

New advances in heart failure genomics are helping to address this challenge. Experts from Servier and Genuity Science recently spoke on a webinar about using genomics data to drive drug development in heart failure and identify new targets for novel therapeutics. Watch this on-demand webinar to hear from these experts.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 21, 2023

The European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (EUCOPE), Exact Sciences, Guardant Health, Illumina, MSD and Novartis have come together to launch the European Coalition for Access to Comprehensive Genomic Profiling (ECGP).

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Camargo

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Each month, Camargo’s “In the News” series highlights important changes and advancements in the regulatory and development space and explores how those changes could impact your program. Achondroplasia is the most common form of dwarfism, and the drug is targeted to children because growth plates close after puberty – around 18 years of age.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 19, 2023

Sania Therapeutics, a new company focused on developing genetic medicines for neural circuit dysfunction, has launched at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) conference. Sania’s technology platforms were first developed at University College London (UCL) by the company’s co-founders.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The drug has also been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to treat some breast cancer patients, though the decision from NICE on this indication is still awaited. NICE has judged olaparib too expensive partly because of the cost of genetic testing to tailor the drug for patients.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Catherine Brownstein is an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and the Assistant Director of the Molecular Genetics Core Facility at Boston Children’s Hospital. Her current work focuses on advancing the fields of genome sequencing and analysis, with an emphasis on identifying complex structural variation.

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