Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Mark Treherne will talk about advanced therapies and the development of RNA gene therapy for aggressive cancers which is being carried out at Spliceor. Doug Danison will discuss transitioning innovative science into commercial success in the areas of CGTs.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Mark Treherne will talk about advanced therapies and the development of RNA gene therapy for aggressive cancers which is being carried out at Spliceor. Doug Danison will discuss transitioning innovative science into commercial success in the areas of CGTs.

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XTalks

JANUARY 3, 2024

Novartis and Voyager Therapeutics have struck a licensing deal that will see Novartis pay Voyager $100 million upfront to develop gene therapy candidates targeting Huntington’s disease (HD) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). billion with preclinical, development, regulatory and sales milestones. Sandrock, Jr.,

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Mark Treherne will talk about advanced therapies and the development of RNA gene therapy for aggressive cancers which is being carried out at Spliceor. Doug Danison will discuss transitioning innovative science into commercial success in the areas of CGTs.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

JUNE 15, 2022

At the end of May, we hosted a webinar titled “ Changing Times, Changing Therapies: Keeping Up with Advancements in Cell and Gene Therapies ” to provide a quick update on the latest advancements and ongoing in development of these advanced therapeutics. Around 40% of clinical holds are for gene therapy programs.

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BioSpace

JULY 14, 2021

The amount is intended to support the company's growing portfolio of RNA technologies and accelerate efforts to develop various treatment approaches in the gene therapy field.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 16, 2023

from Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) to further advance its oncology portfolio targeting RNA. It will also support the firm’s preclinical effort on the long non-coding RNA (LncRNA) programme, FTX-001, that targets MALAT-1. Flamingo Therapeutics has received a research grant of €1.7m

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BioSpace

AUGUST 8, 2023

To build its ophthalmology portfolio, Japan’s Otsuka Pharmaceuticals has teamed with RNA editing biotech Shape Therapeutics to develop adeno-associated virus gene therapies for ocular diseases.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Biotechnology company Ochre Bio has raised $30m in a Series A financing round to develop RNA therapies for chronic liver diseases. It also intends to turn the insights from its research into RNA-based drug candidates, and they will be tested in human livers at the company’s recently opened ‘Liver ICUs’ in the US.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In this webinar, hosted by DDW and sponsored by Astrea Bioseparations, you will learn about how market growth can be sustained to maximise on opportunities in cell and gene therapy (CGT). The post Cell & gene therapies: How can market growth be sustained to maximise on opportunities?

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 27, 2023

Orbital Therapeutics has raised $270m in a Series A round led by ARCH Venture Partners to advance a portfolio of programmable RNA therapeutics. Orbital will use the new funding to increase the application of RNA-based medicines for use in the fields of new vaccines, immunomodulation and protein replacement.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The collaboration is aimed at discovering and developing new advanced treatments for genitourinary (GU) tumours as well as other related serious diseases using ReviR’s RNA-targeted technologies. The company’s VoyageR AI platform integrates computational methods to drug traditionally undruggable RNA targets.

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BioPharma Reporter

JANUARY 23, 2023

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc and Rznomics Inc, a South Korea-based biopharmaceutical company specialized in the development of RNA-based gene therapeutics, have established a viral vector contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) partnership.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Eli Lilly and Company has expanded a licencing and partnership agreement with ProQR Therapeutics to discover, develop and market new genetic medicines. This alliance is utilising the Axiomer ribonucleic acid (RNA) editing platform of ProQR to address ailments affecting the liver and nervous system. By Cytiva Thematic.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 29, 2022

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. The most common marketed drugs in this space aim to address the hyperammonaemia caused by the defective genes in this disorder. Future Possibilities.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As the biopharmaceutical industry increases its focus on developing RNA therapeutics, the new RNA solution could help R&D organisations accelerate the delivery of drug candidates. The post New solution to boost RNA drug development appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 20, 2023

Targovax has unveiled plans to rebrand as Circio , reflecting its strategic shift to focus on expediting the development of its innovative circular RNA (circRNA) platform. Initially reported in 2011, CircRNA is a naturally occurring class of RNA. Topic sponsors are not involved in the creation of editorial content.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 17, 2022

Merck (MSD outside North America) has entered a partnership agreement with Orna Therapeutics for discovering, developing and marketing various programmes based on next-generation RNA technology. These programmes will include therapies and vaccines in infectious disease and oncology areas.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 1, 2022

GreenLight Biosciences has entered a partnership with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of Covid-19 vaccines, which offer broader protection against new variants and with durable effects. They intend to develop vaccines that provide lasting immune responses compared to existing vaccines.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong looks at the cell and gene therapy landscape, examining the challenges facing developers and the trends we can expect to see throughout the year. . There’s no doubt that cell and gene therapies present some of the most exciting opportunities for emerging drugs.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 7, 2023

Bayer strengthens gene therapy portfolio with lipid nanoparticle technology from Acuitas Therapeutics Bayer AG is joining forces with Acuitas Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in the development of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery systems for molecular therapeutics.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Moderna has entered a strategic research and development partnership with ElevateBio’s Life Edit Therapeutics to discover and develop new in-vivo mRNA gene editing therapies. Moderna will also assume further development, manufacturing, and commercialisation responsibilities on exercising a target option.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 10, 2023

Esperovax and Ginkgo Bioworks have agreed a partnership to develop circular RNAs (circRNAs) for a variety of therapeutic applications. . Initially, the companies will work to develop circRNAs harbouring payloads to specifically target colorectal cancer by inducing cell death only in cancerous cells. .

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 15, 2023

Rona Therapeutics has entered a partnership with Keymed Biosciences to discover and develop first-in-class siRNA [a double-stranded RNA molecule that is non-coding] therapeutics for glomerulonephritis, also known as severe kidney disease. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 17, 2024

From a weight loss drug that prevents heart attacks and a gene therapy that restores hearing, to a vaccine that can treat viruses that don’t exist yet, our chosen news stories this week all represent potential breakthroughs in their respective fields.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 26, 2023

MiNA Therapeutics has entered into a research collaboration and option licensing agreement with BioMarin Pharmaceutical to speed up the development of therapeutic ribonucleic acid activation (RNAa) candidates to treat rare genetic diseases. BioMarin may then license the assets fully to develop and commercialise them across the globe.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 7, 2024

Ginkgo Bioworks has acquired Patch Biosciences, with the intention to strengthen its gene therapy services, cell therapy services, and RNA therapeutics services. The collaboration achieved its goals of enhancing the AAV production titres of Biogen’s gene therapy manufacturing processes.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 5, 2022

miRecule and Sanofi have entered a strategic partnership and exclusive licence agreement for the development and commercialisation of an antibody-RNA conjugate (ARC) to treat facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). The anti-DUX4 RNA therapy was discovered using the DREAmiR platform of miRecule.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 8, 2023

DTx-1252 is a fatty acid ligand conjugated oligonucleotides (FALCON) small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutic which represses the PMP22 gene in Schwann cells. We look forward to the continued development of DTx-1252.” Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 9, 2022

Novartis today announced a license option agreement with Voyager Therapeutics, a gene therapy company focused on next-generation adeno-associated virus (AAV) technologies, for three capsids to use in potential gene therapies for neurological diseases, with options to access capsids for two other targets.

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BioPharma Reporter

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Ginkgo Bioworks is acquiring California biotech Circularis to strengthen its capabilities in cell and gene therapy.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

in a project agreement from the US government for developing self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) vaccine technology against advanced and emergent viral threats. Development of vaccines to Phase I trials under the five-year $59m prototype project comprises additional $28.4m in milestone payments. By Cytiva Thematic.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 19, 2023

Myeloid Therapeutics has raised $73m to support the continued clinical development of its lead cell therapy programme, MT-101, in Phase I/II trials for T cell lymphoma. The financing will help to fast-track the development of other in vivo programming candidates into clinical trials.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

The act also created an industry that didn’t exist in the United States before its enactment, enabling the formation of companies to develop and commercialize therapies for rare diseases. That said, a lot has changed in science and drug development since 1983. The human genome was sequenced in 2003.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 28, 2023

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has signed a new non-exclusive licensing agreement with CRISPR Therapeutics to expedite the development of its hypoimmune cell therapies to treat type 1 diabetes (T1D). The gene-editing technology allows for precise, directed changes to genomic DNA. The system comprises the Cas9 enzyme and a guide RNA.

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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 discovery alliance, with a preliminary research period of four years, will aid GSK in progressing up to eight programmes and Wave to develop up to three programmes.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 11, 2023

US-based start-up Atomic AI is using artificial intelligence (AI) to design more intelligent RNA-targeted and RNA-based medicines. As tech experts call for improved regulation and a halt to the development of AI, we take a look at how one company, Atomic AI, is using it to develop RNA-targeting treatments for a range of diseases.

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