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A biotech shelves its Huntington's drugs after trial failures

Bio Pharma Dive

Two drugs developed by Wave Life Sciences didn't appear to have an effect on disease-causing proteins, another setback for Huntington's research after disappointing results last week from Roche and Ionis.

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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

Drug Discovery World

For International Women’s Day, DDW’s Diana Spencer celebrates some of the women in leadership making an impact on the drug discovery and life sciences sector. The life sciences sector has traditionally outperformed others when it comes to attracting women to its workforce.

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Eli Lilly’s Olumiant FDA Approved for Alopecia + Alnylam’s RNAi Drug Amvuttra Approved for Rare Protein Disorder – Xtalks Life Science Podcast Ep. 66

XTalks

The drug has become the first approved systemic treatment for the autoimmune disorder that causes patchy hair loss. Ayesha also discussed the FDA approval of Alnylam’s RNAi therapeutic Amvuttra for the treatment of polyneuropathy associated with a rare protein disorder called hereditary transthyretin-mediated (ATTR) amyloidosis.

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A new paradigm for protein engineering 

Drug Discovery World

Adaptyv Bio, a Swiss/US technology company that develops infrastructure and tools for protein designers to engineer better proteins, has built a protein engineering foundry that it says will “pave the way” for protein designers to develop new medicines, novel enzymes and sustainable materials.

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Expanded Approval for Gout Drug + Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Gets FDA Authorization – Xtalks Life Science Podcast Ep. 69

XTalks

It is also the first protein-based COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized in the country. Ayesha also talked about the expanded label approval of Horizon Therapeutics’ gout medication Krystexxa to include its co-administration with arthritis and chemotherapy drug methotrexate. Krystexxa Chronic Gout Medication Gets Expanded FDA Approval.

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Therapeutic protein project joins Bio Studio programme

Drug Discovery World

A project creating a new class of therapeutic proteins to modulate cell signalling has been accepted into the BioInnovation Institute (BII) Bio Studio programme. BII is an international enterprise foundation with a non-profit objective of incubating and accelerating world-class life science research. Macromolecular structures.

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DDW Events podcast: Harnessing the power of data science and AI in life sciences

Drug Discovery World

It is called, Harnessing the power of data science and AI in life sciences. Abbey Vangeloff is the Director of Business Development, Life Sciences, at Yahara Software. DDW’s Megan Thomas caught up with Vangeloff to learn why AI and data science are so important for the future of the sector.