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Roche licenses drug to target cancer DNA damage response

Outsourcing Pharma

Roche has entered a licensing and collaboration deal with the U.S. company KSQ Therapeutics to co-develop KSQâs lead cancer drug, which is designed to sabotage the DNA repair mechanisms of cancer cells.

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$4.3 million awarded to advance transcription factor drugs

Drug Discovery World

SBIR fast-track grant from the NIH to apply its proprietary Multiplexed Assays for the Rational Modulation Of Transcription Factors (MARMOT) platform to their deep learning AI model and accelerate the development of transcription factor drugs. Talus Bio was also awarded a $2.0M The post $4.3

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This week in drug discovery (2-6 October)  

Drug Discovery World

In celebration of the Nobel Prize for Medicine going to two of the early proponents of mRNA technology for creating therapeutics, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, this week our round-up highlights the importance of genetics, genomics and gene editing in drug discovery.

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New targets and DNA modifying payload addition set to enhance ADC work at Iksuda

BioPharma Reporter

Iksuda Therapeutics, a developer of a new generation of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), has expanded its research collaboration and license agreement with LegoChem Biosciences Inc (LCB).

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Synthetic biology: Innovating in drug discovery

Drug Discovery World

Synthetic biology is increasingly important to drug discovery and development. Partnerships Earlier this year cell-engineering company MaxCyte signed a strategic platform license (SPL) with biotechnology company Catamaran Bio. In return MaxCyte will receive platform licensing fees and program-related revenue.

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ADCs Pipeline Update: Avacta Partners with ADC Therapeutics

Roots Analysis

On November 1, 2019, Avacta Group and ADC Therapeutics have announced a collaboration agreement for the development of novel drug candidates. The firm also has the right to obtain exclusive licenses to the Affimer proteins for clinical development and commercialization.

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GSK plans phase 3 for hepatitis B drug bepirovirsen, despite efficacy drop

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GSK has revealed updated results from its phase 2b trial of its antisense drug for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, which reveal a sharp decline in the proportion of patients with undetectable levels of the virus compared to an earlier readout.

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