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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

Kenneth Chien, Karolinska Institute Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the Swedish Research Council added: “This study establishes the value of combining the design of custom LNPs ( cLNPs) with state-of-the-art mRNA chemistry based on the optimisation of the 5’ and 3’ untranslated regions along with enhanced algorithms for codon optimisation.

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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. Mice have long been heroes of preclinical cancer research.

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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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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. RA: What is the current state of the cancer research industry? Mark Garner, PhD.,

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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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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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