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€30m raised for first-in-class in vivo cell reprogramming platform

Drug Discovery World

Biotech Asgard Therapeutics has closed a €30 million Series A financing to support the development of its lead programme, AT-108. AT-108 is a first-in-class, off-the-shelf gene therapy that directly reprogrammes tumour cells into antigen-presenting dendritic cells, ultimately leading to a personalised anti-tumour immune response.

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LNP formulations produce strong immune responses, data shows 

Drug Discovery World

The etherna paradigm for cLNP design is ushering in the rapid generation of novel families of delivery systems for not only vaccination but also for in vivo tolerisation for a host of autoimmune diseases.” The post LNP formulations produce strong immune responses, data shows appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Closing the translation gap in oncology drug development

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Jantzen Sperry , PhD, Director of Scientific Operations at Certis Oncology looks at how the adoption of orthotopic PDX models can elevate the impact of cancer research and improve translation in oncology drug development. Often overlooked by those who point out the shortcomings of mouse models is that not all PDX models are developed equally.

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CohBar and Morphogenesis in merger for immuno-oncology therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Our board and management team believe that the combined company will be well-positioned to develop powerful new therapies with the potential to overcome resistance to current immunotherapies, an area of significant unmet need.” IFx has been designed to activate an innate immune response against tumour antigens that are patient-specific.

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ESMO 2022: the evolution of TIL therapy – a highly promising approach

Pharmaceutical Technology

As an autologous cell therapy, manufacturing the infusion product is a highly specialised process involving tumour harvest and the extraction and large-scale ex vivo expansion of TILs. Numerous academic and pharma-led studies have investigated the efficacy of TILs in the melanoma setting, with response rates ranging from very low to 50%.

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New antiviral offers potential solution to resistant Covid-19 variants

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Infex Therapeutics has selected the clinical candidate for its in-house COV-X programme based on this in vivo efficacy data in a murine SARS-CoV-2 model. COV-X targets the key coronavirus PLpro enzyme, which is essential for viral replication and evasion of host immune response.

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Research partners advance AAV gene therapy for heart disease

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The collaboration will work on developing exosome-encapsulated AAV (exoAAV) vectors as a novel gene delivery technology aimed at improving treatments for heart disease. Evox Therapeutics has agreed a research collaboration and option agreement with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Icahn Mount Sinai) in New York, NY, US.