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Gene editing: beyond the hype

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Sangamo CEO Sandy Macrae told us how his company is being cautious about the hype and finding ways to be financially viable in an emerging space. Maybe in 50 years’ time we’ll be using gene editing to lower cholesterol, but it won’t replace statins in anyone but those with life threatening mutations for a long time”.

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Changing Faces: agency, consultant, and investor hires from November 2022

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Last month we saw some movement in the pharma world, but also in some of the orbiting worlds of agencies, consultancies, and pharma investors. In addition, two team members are taking on new roles at the company, with Glen Webster named EVP of global operations and Jennifer White named global head of growth. New CEO joins UBC.

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The new pharma collaborations driving transformative research in oncology

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As of 2018, there were over 1,100 cancer therapies in development, and as of 2020, 362 of them were cell and gene therapies. As a result, there is a need for continued innovation and increased efficiency in terms of drug development to manage cost, complexity and speed to provide potentially transformative therapies for cancer patients.

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AstraZeneca cuts the ribbon on its $1bn R&D lab in Cambridge

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The DISC is the biggest investment AZ has ever made, and has been hailed by the pharma company’s chief executive Pascal Soriot as the centrepiece of what he believes could one day become a biotech hub to rival Boston and San Francisco in the US.

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4 Life Sciences Trends for 2023

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For example, on the pharma and biotech side, there has been growing demand for new drugs and biologics, from new classes of dual-action diabetes and weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro to life-saving gene therapies. 1. Cell and Gene Therapies.

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MD Anderson Brings Underdogs into the Fight Against Cancer with Focus Fund

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MD Anderson has historically collaborated with biotechs and pharma companies to conduct cancer therapy research. Targeted therapies, genetic sequencing, gene editing, immunotherapies. Ochsner Health and LSU Health Shreveport have offered themselves as additional trial sites to increase patient access to studies. .

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How epilepsy researchers are moving the needle past anti-seizure treatments

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Although recently approved drugs can treat seizures more safely, they do not treat the comorbidities that patients experience. Several biotech companies and researchers are now exploring medical devices and gene therapies to address not just common forms of epilepsy, but also rare conditions such as Dravet Syndrome.

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