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What Are Biopharmaceuticals?

Pharma Packaging Solutions

Semi-Synthesized: Though the term “biologic” is accurate for the extracted materials listed above, it is more often used to describe therapeutics that are produced with recombinant DNA technology.

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In a gene tied to growth, scientists see glimmers of human history

Scienmag

A new study delves into the evolution and function of the human growth hormone receptor gene, and asks what forces in humanity’s past may have driven changes to this vital piece of DNA. BUFFALO, N.Y. — Credit: Credit: Rebecca Farnham / Marie Saitou / University at Buffalo.

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Genetic biomarkers could personalise therapy for TNBC

Drug Discovery World

Additionally, patients whose cancer has spread but who have not yet received chemotherapy, and whose primary tumours have markers of faults in genes linked to DNA repair pathways, tend to respond better to carboplatin. “Our findings paint a complex picture – with many, dynamic factors driving how tumours respond to treatment.”

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FDA grants swift review to Lynparza in first-line prostate cancer

pharmaphorum

The study – which included an all-comer population of men with mCRPC – showed that Lynparza plus Johnson & Johnson’s hormonal therapy Zytiga (abiraterone) reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 34% versus Zytiga alone, with radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) of 24.8 months and 16.6 months, respectively.

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NICE says no to AZ’s Lynparza for prostate cancer

pharmaphorum

The cost-effectiveness agency is assessing use of Lynparza (olaparib) in patients with tumours that carry BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations who have previously been treated with the hormone therapies abiraterone and enzalutamide but have relapsed.

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Leading innovators in isotropically modified heterocyclic compounds for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

Within the emerging innovation stage, cell therapy for ocular disorders, coronavirus vaccine components, and DNA polymerase compositions are disruptive technologies that are in the early stages of application and should be tracked closely. Its primary focus is on cancer, cardiovascular, immunology and fibrotic therapeutic projects.

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World Glaucoma Week 2024: New Advances in Glaucoma Care

XTalks

Hormone-based therapeutics aim to delay glaucoma progression by enhancing estrogen’s potential protective effects. Secondly, other funded research is exploring differential gene expression regulated by DNA methylation.