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Accelerating biotherapy and personalised medicine with long DNA

Drug Discovery World

Matt Hill , Founder and CEO of Elegen writes about the importance of innovation in DNA synthesis to address critical bottlenecks in biotherapy development. Regardless of the type of disease targeted, at the core of biotherapy development is synthetic biology and the use of synthetic DNA to programme specific behaviours within living cells.

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COVID prompts another milestone, as India clears first DNA vaccine

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The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development of mRNA-based vaccines, and its influence has now extended to DNA-based shots as well, with Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D getting emergency use authorisation in India. Proponents of the approach claim that DNA vaccines may have advantages over other technologies like mRNA.

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Zydus gets FDA approval for antibiotic drug azithromycin

Pharmaceutical Technology

The approval enables the company to manufacture and market azithromycin to treat infections such as bronchitis, pneumonia and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In August 2021, Zydus secured emergency use authorisation (EUA) from the Drugs Controller General of India for its Covid-19 deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) plasmid vaccine, ZyCoV-D.

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Gilead Sciences buys XinThera to boost oncology and inflammation pipeline

Pharmaceutical Technology

Gilead Sciences research executive vice-president Flavius Martin stated: “The team at XinThera has developed research assets with the potential to target the DNA damage repair pathway in treating cancer and direct the body’s immune response in inflammatory diseases, both of which may improve outcomes for people living with these diseases.

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INOVIO Announces Publication of Phase 1 Data from its COVID-19 DNA Vaccine Candidate, INO-4800 in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine

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” Dr. Stanley Plotkin , Professor Emeritus at The Wistar Institute, said, “INOVIO’s DNA vaccine appeared to be quite safe with few significant reactions but yet induced both antibody and T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2.” About INOVIO’s DNA Medicines Platform. mg and 2.0

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Roche pays $200m for Vaccibody’s cancer vaccine drug

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Vaccibody, which is also entitled to tiered royalties on sales of any marketed products, will develop the DNA-based individualised neoantigen vaccines until the end of phase 1b. The Roche unit will also bear all costs for trials, filings, manufacturing and marketing after the completion of the phase 1b study.

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Sanofi/GSK restart COVID-19 vaccine trials after tweaking formulation

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In December interim phase 1/2 trial results showed the vaccine produced a lower immune response in older adults. At the time analysts said that this was likely due to an insufficient concentration of the antigen and the companies have refined their antigen formulation hoping for a better immune response including in older adults.