Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Researchers at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have discovered a new protein that can be a potential therapeutic target for lethal sepsis. Led by Feinstein Institutes researcher Haichao Wang, the new study focuses on detecting protein mediators that might contribute to uncontrolled immune responses to lethal infections.

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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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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

XtalPi has entered a strategic partnership with CK Life Sciences for artificial intelligence (AI)-driven tumour vaccine research and development (R&D). Under the collaboration, the companies will utilise their capabilities to co-develop a new AI tumour vaccine R&D platform.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 15, 2021

MeMed CEO Dr. Eran Eden explores the relationship between the host immune response and SARS-CoV-2 infection and how technology could help personalise treatment strategies. This is made possible using ‘Advanced Host Immune Response Technologies’. The pace of work in the industry reached almost ludicrous speeds.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 20, 2023

RVAC Medicines has announced a research collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) for the discovery and development of mRNA vaccines. The mRNA vaccine candidates will help reduce the chances of autoimmune responses that might lead to allergic conditions or serious autoimmune diseases.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Under the deal, the LentiPeak lentiviral vector technology platform and cell therapy production expertise of ElevateBio BaseCamp will be used by Affini-T to develop its investigational oncogenic driver programmes in the clinic. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Lu Rahman selects some of the year’s interesting and noteworthy advances in cancer research drug discovery and development. As always, a year within cancer drug discovery and development brings with it significant breakthroughs, and 2023 has been no exception. Research into new cancer drugs remain strong.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed macrophage–tumor chimeric exosomes that co-activate the immune response and tumor microenvironment to support cancer immunotherapy.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 22, 2021

Results suggest lasting immunity after infection In a promising result for the success of vaccines against COVID-19, rhesus macaque monkeys infected with the human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 developed protective immune responses that might be reproduced with a vaccine.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JUNE 7, 2021

The identification of these novel clinical biomarkers allows researchers to better understand complex mechanisms of immune response to diseases, facilitating the development of more effective therapeutics.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 12, 2023

Absci has collaborated with the University of Oxford’s Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology to expedite the development of AI-driven immunotherapies. The company will then reassemble the antigen-antibody pairs, using its reverse immunology approach, as starting points for the development of drugs.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 5, 2023

Absci has collaborated with bioinformatics firm M2GEN to expedite the development of new cancer medicines. Absci stated that this collaboration combines AI drug creation technology and oncology bioinformatics, thereby reducing the time and cost of cancer drug development.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

A trial of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has shown the jab produces an immune response, although the study was too small to produce conclusive findings, particularly on safety. But there are concerns that Russia has rushed development of the vaccine to claim a political victory in the race to get a vaccine approved.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 28, 2023

Biotechnology company Therini Bio has raised $36m in a Series A financing round to develop fibrin-targeted therapies to treat neurodegenerative and retinal diseases. THN391 binds the inflammation-driving component of fibrin, known for activating the immune responses in neurodegenerative and ophthalmologic diseases.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 6, 2022

BioLink Life Sciences has received a contract worth $750,000 from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop Ramatroban for treating Covid-19 pneumonia patients in the hospital setting.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Evaxion Biotech and ExpreS 2 ion Biotechnologies have entered a vaccine discovery collaboration agreement to co-develop a new cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine candidate. Additionally, this project will be part of the development pipeline of Evaxion under EVX-V1. A herpesvirus family member, CMV is spread through body fluids.

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Scienmag

APRIL 16, 2021

Credit: (C) Erica Tandori Researchers within the Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University have made a breakthrough in understanding the role played by high-risk immune genes associated with the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

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The Pharma Data

JULY 29, 2021

Loxo Oncology at Lilly, a research and development group of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), and Kumquat Biosciences today announced an exclusive collaboration focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of potential novel small molecules that stimulate tumor-specific immune responses.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 11, 2024

We have noted that cancer patients can develop powerful anti-tumour immune responses that can result in complete cure of the disease and we call these patients ‘elite responders’. By understanding what triggers the adaptive immune response in “elite responders” we have identified new targets and therapeutic antibodies.

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Pharma Mirror

OCTOBER 16, 2023

by Carrie Taylor, Director of Research & Development of BOCSCI. Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly accelerated the development of mRNA technology platforms and mRNA industry chains.

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Cloudbyz

MARCH 5, 2024

In the intricate dance of drug discovery and development, two protagonists emerge as the cornerstones of modern medicine: biologics and small molecules. They are often used to mimic or enhance natural biological processes, such as immune responses. Their small size allows them to distribute widely throughout the body.

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Scienmag

APRIL 1, 2021

Early life exposure to antibotics in utero and through mother’s milk disrupts beneficial gut bacteria, compromising T-cell development, Rutgers research shows Exposure to antibiotics in utero and infancy can lead to an irreversible loss of regulatory T-cells in the colon-a valuable component of the immune system’s response toward allergens (..)

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Pfizer-BioNTech announced Wednesday that preliminary preclinical data from mouse and macaque monkey models showed a strong immune response from its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. . Photo by Md. Tareq Aziz Touhid. The study and the data are currently subject to peer review.

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Camargo

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The development of biological products (or biologics) represents a major advancement in modern medicine, enabling the treatment of patients with many illnesses where no other therapeutics were previously available. One common characteristic for most if not all biologics is the triggering of an immune response or anti-drug antibodies.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Canadian biopharmaceutical company Medicago has announced that its investigational COVID-19 vaccine generated “significant antibody and cellular immune responses” after two doses in all subjects in an early-stage clinical trial. The interim analysis from the phase 1 trial has been published online at the preprint server, medRxiv.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 22, 2023

It can suppress Th2 immune responses by binding to IL-17RB on Type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s). This blocks a cascade of responses that are induced by interleukin-25 (IL-25), a critical cytokine which is classified as ‘alarmin’. “As

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 23, 2022

According to findings from a pivotal study, a four-dose paediatric regimen of Vaxneuvance induced immune responses non-inferior to the presently available 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) for the 13 shared serotypes.

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BioSpace

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Researchers from the University of Washington have developed an investigational vaccine that can safely elicit an immune response against the HER2 protein, a key marker in breast cancer.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 5, 2023

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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Pharma Times

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has committed $260m to establish a new state-of-the-art research and vaccine development initiative to help combat deadly airborne infections. Currently, most vaccine designs and testing focus on creating a systemic immune response to prevent disease or death. million deaths every year.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 30, 2023

A newly published paper in The Lancet shows that an experimental vaccine against Marburg virus (MARV) was safe and induced an immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 10, 2023

Gilead Sciences stated that the two programmes have the potential to address a number of indications and to provide development opportunities both alone and along with its wider portfolio.

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Scienmag

JUNE 3, 2021

Strong immune responses to unchanging, conserved parts of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic flu virus suggest strategies for effective universal vaccines Credit: Guthmiller et al.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

New research has furthered our understanding of the immune-related factors that drive infection and disease, which will be necessary for an effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccine to be developed. The identification of specific correlates of protection for infection could support the development of a vaccine against M.tb

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a new therapeutic target for tumors and developed a compound which slowed tumor growth and bolsters immune responses in mice, according to research published in Science Advances.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

One standout success we have all benefitted from is vaccine development, with notable vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca, and Moderna. As the world stopped, researchers and stakeholders from across the industry turned their attention to tackling the SARS-CoV-2 virus. New hurdles from COVID-19 vaccine development.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 11, 2022

An intranasal formulation of AstraZeneca’s widely-used COVID-19 vaccine Vaxzevria has failed at the first hurdle, after results from a phase 1 trial found it was unable to stimulate a strong immune response to the virus. Other efforts to develop a nasally-delivered COVID-19 vaccine have met with greater success.

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