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Astellas to support development of Taysha’s gene therapy programmes

Pharmaceutical Technology

Ast ellas Pharma has announced plans to make a strategic investment to back the development of Taysha Gene Therapies’ adeno-associated virus (AAV) development programmes for Rett syndrome and giant axonal neuropathy (GAN). This would allow the companies to boost the development of new therapy options for Rett syndrome and GAN patients.

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Tevard Biosciences and Vertex partner to develop tRNA therapies for DMD

Pharmaceutical Technology

Tevard Biosciences and Vertex Pharmaceuticals have announced a four-year global research partnership to develop new tRNA-based therapies to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients. The deal offers access to the platforms of Tevard to discover and develop tRNA-based therapies.

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Merck and Orna partner for RNA technology-based vaccines and therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

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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The downside of VC funding for biotech

World of DTC Marketing

Venture capitalists have poured $42 billion into drug development over the past three years. Most small biotech companies rely on venture capitalist funding to develop new drugs but is that a good way to go? billion, which was much lower than previous studies, which have placed the average cost of drug development as $2.8

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Moderna partners with Life Edit for mRNA gene editing therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

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

Roots Analysis

Advancement in DNA sequencing technologies have resulted in noteworthy developments in various healthcare-related research fields, such as diagnostics and personalized medicine. The various advantages of NGS are briefly described below: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Library Preparation Kits Market – Roots Analysis.

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Solid Biosciences partners with Phlox for cardiac disease therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Solid Biosciences has entered a strategic research collaboration with Phlox Therapeutics to expedite the development of new therapies for rare cardiac diseases. Under the research partnership deal, the companies will develop new precision genetic medicines for a severe form of genetic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).

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