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Closing the translation gap in oncology drug development

Drug Discovery World

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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Research partners advance AAV gene therapy for heart disease

Drug Discovery World

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. The collaboration will work on developing exosome-encapsulated AAV (exoAAV) vectors as a novel gene delivery technology aimed at improving treatments for heart disease.

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Treatment potential for immunotherapy-induced cytokine release syndrome  

Drug Discovery World

Poolbeg Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialisation of medicines targeting diseases with a high unmet medical need, has announced promising in vivo results for POLB 001 in addressing cancer immunotherapy-induced cytokine release syndrome (CRS). million cases of cancer by 2030 1,2.

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Advances in Genetic Medicine May Be Outpacing Some Clinicians’ Understanding, But Pharmaceutical Marketers Can Do Much to Address the Problem

Pharma Marketing Network

Almost two decades after the human genome was sequenced, a trickle of new genetic medicines (i.e., those that modify the expression of an individual’s genes or repair abnormal genes) has entered clinical practice, including 11 RNA therapeutics, 2 in vivo gene therapies, and 2 gene-modified cell therapies.

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KSQ Therapeutics and Takeda Enter Broad Strategic Collaboration to Research, Develop and Commercialize Novel Immuno-Oncology Therapies

The Pharma Data

The T-cell and NK-cell target discovery approach complements our portfolio aimed at turning cold tumors hot and redirecting the innate immune system to elicit a sustained and durable immune response against tumors. Takeda will assume responsibility for funding all development and commercialization activities.

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Evusheld long-acting antibody combination recommended for approval in the EU for the pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) of COVID-19

The Pharma Data

This includes about three million people in the EU who are immunocompromised or being treated with immunosuppressive medicines.(1). People not adequately protected by a COVID-19 vaccine may particularly benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis with Evusheld. 2-4 Evusheld was generally well-tolerated in the trial.(2-4).

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Q&A with Mark Garner: The golden age of cancer research  

Drug Discovery World

Global Cancer Segment Market Manager at Agilent Technologies, recently sat down with DDW Editor Reece Armstrong to tell us about the developments in the ‘golden age’ of cancer research. MG: I am responsible for Agilent’s cancer segment. Mark Garner, PhD., RA: Please can you tell us a bit more about your role at Agilent?