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CohBar and Morphogenesis in merger for immuno-oncology therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Morphogenesis’s technologies include Immune Fx (IFx) personalised cancer vaccines and tumour microenvironment (TME) modulators. IFx has been designed to activate an innate immune response against tumour antigens that are patient-specific. Morphogenesis’ lead personalised cancer vaccine, IFx-Hu2.0,

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Closing the translation gap in oncology drug development

Drug Discovery World

Jantzen Sperry , PhD, Director of Scientific Operations at Certis Oncology looks at how the adoption of orthotopic PDX models can elevate the impact of cancer research and improve translation in oncology drug development. Fewer than 5% of oncology drugs that enter clinical trials in the US receive US FDA approval.

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A protein-based COVID-19 vaccine that mimics the shape of the virus

The Pharma Data

Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have immunized mice with nanoparticles that mimic SARS-CoV-2 by displaying multiple copies of the receptor binding domain (RBD) antigen, showing that the vaccine triggers robust antibody and T cell responses. Although the first vaccines to receive Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S.

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2021 Biotech IPOs Get Off to a Roaring Start

The Pharma Data

On January 19, its investigational new drug (IND) for GC019F, a FasTCAR-enabled CAR-T therapy in relapsed or refractory adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) was approved by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). Ortho Clinical Diagnostics is a leader in in vitro diagnostics.

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2021 Biopharma Update on the Novel Coronavirus: January 12

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an official alert stating that it could trigger false negatives in COVID-19 tests. . I-SPY COVID-19 is assessing multiple drugs for critical COVID-19 hospitalized or ICU patients. News information is not all-inclusive and updates are published once a week on Tuesdays. . . Diagnostics.

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Evusheld long-acting antibody combination approved in the EU for pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) of COVID-19 in a broad population

The Pharma Data

There is a growing body of evidence from multiple independent in vitro and in vivo (animal model) studies supporting the potential of Evusheld to protect against the BA.1, There is a growing body of evidence from multiple independent in vitro and in vivo (animal model) studies supporting the potential of Evusheld to protect against the BA.1,

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Roche launches new quantitative antibody test to measure SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, to support the evaluation of vaccines

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 serology test can be used to quantitatively measure antibodies in people who have been exposed to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and can play an important part in characterising a vaccine-induced immune response.