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UK agency pilots biobank to study links between genetics and drug side effects

Pharmaceutical Technology

The Yellow Card biobank will launch as a joint venture with the UK-government funded entity Genomics England on June 1. According to the press release, the MHRA will be the first drug safety regulator in the world to pilot such a biobank. Genomics England will assist the MHRA with sequencing and genetic material storage.

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Gene editing: beyond the hype

pharmaphorum

Genome editing is an exciting but still nascent field, and companies in the area face as many obstacles as they do opportunities. ZFPs can be engineered to make zinc finger nucleases, or ZFNs, which are proteins that can be used to edit genomes by knocking select genes in or out to specifically modify DNA sequences.

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Transforming healthcare through sustainable and resilient data infrastructure

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For example, AI-enabled imaging techniques can help doctors detect diseases earlier and more accurately. Genomic profiling has made it possible to diagnose and treat patients with far greater precision. The pandemic has fuelled these efforts by demonstrating the importance of robust data infrastructure.

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Drug development and working with specialised Rare Disease networks

pharmaphorum

In a recent webinar held by pharmaphorum, in partnership with IQVIA, a discussion was held looking at how to make academic and commercial medical research more efficient, while also looking at the opportunity of genomic data to bring benefits to patients and healthcare systems. The potential to leverage genomic data.

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Advancements in upstream CLD for enhanced biotherapeutics production

Drug Discovery World

In addition, it has stimulated increased collaboration among drug developers, technology providers, supply chain organisations, and regulators. He has a post-doctorate in virology, viral pathogenesis, viral vector development, and vaccines evaluation from Harvard Medical School and a PhD in Virology/Molecular Biology.

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Medical Informatics and Rare Disease: a bridge between two worlds

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And this is where modern technologies and data-driven medical informatics can really bridge the gaps in rare disease research,” said Dr Joanne Hackett, head of Genomic and Precision Medicine at IQVIA, during a recent pharmaphorum webinar. Navigating rare disease research and treatment.

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Biorepositories as a Guiding Resource for Research & Drug Discovery

XTalks

The power of leveraging clinical data to decipher disease mechanisms and fuel drug discovery has rapidly grown in the era of genomics and personalized medicine. Genuity Science focuses on population genomics as a tool to derive novel biological insights through partnerships with industry-leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies.