Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Neobe Therapeutics, an early-stage startup, has raised £520K ($628,000) in equity funding to engineer live biotherapeutics to remove barriers to immune infiltration in solid tumours. . While immunotherapies have revolutionised the treatment of cancer, the large majority of patients with solid tumours (up to 85%) still do not respond to them.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 17, 2021

Based in Seattle, Washington, Sana focuses on in vivo and ex vivo cell engineering platforms to develop therapies for cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, CNS disorders, and genetic diseases. Launched in 2019, the company raised $700 million in June 2020 in its initial financing.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Yesterday, the biotechnology company Capstan Therapeutics launched with $165 million in seed and Series A funding for it to build on its foundational insights into precision in vivo engineering technology. Our ambition at Capstan is to invent new clinical paradigms through targeted in vivo reprogramming of cells.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 17, 2023

Scribe Therapeutics has entered a strategic collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company subsidiary Prevail Therapeutics for accelerating in vivo CRISPR-based therapies to target the causes of serious neurological and neuromuscular diseases. Scribe will receive $75m, including an upfront payment and equity investment via a convertible note.

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Delveinsight

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Beam Therapeutics has taken over a startup whose technology could proffer the biotech’s genetic medicines to more tissues in the body, widening the potential to approach more diseases. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Beam aims to make more precise edits with genetic medicines, which employ base-editing.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 14, 2023

For example, the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) 3 , which regulates biological products for human use, differentiates between in vivo gene therapy (new genes are inserted into the body to target cells) and ex vivo gene therapy (cells are modified outside the body and then administered back into the patient).

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 30, 2023

This pairing includes reprogrammed cells for both wild and mutation-specific Huntington’s Disease (H), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and is expanding to include custom disease-relevant mutations. Disease relevant in vitro assays improve translation in vivo, leading to clinical success.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 22, 2022

In vivo models, particularly HIS models, allow preliminary investigation of cell-based therapeutic strategies—often in combination with other therapeutic modalities—to overcome the limitations and challenges of T cell-based immuno-oncology treatments and identify effective options for clinical investigation. Jespersen et al.

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XTalks

AUGUST 17, 2020

With several biologics in the pipeline, including one in early stage clinical trials for head and neck cancer, the company is positioned to engineer highly specific biologics against immune targets in the body. Cell-Based Immunotherapy vs. Immune Biologics. Immunotherapy involves leveraging components of the immune system (i.e.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Scribe has designed, engineered and tested thousands of evolved CRISPR enzymes to build an advanced platform for creating breakthrough in vivo treatments,” said Oakes. Benjamin Oakes. At the moment, most CRISPR-based medicines rely on the modification of cells outside the body, that are then used as therapies.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We isolate antibodies from single human B cells using single cell genomics and assess, engineer, and advance these antibodies with other technologies. DDW’s Megan Thomas caught up with Wyatt McDonnell, CEO and co-founder of Infinimmune. This has consequences for safety and efficacy.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 9, 2020

With the launch of Overland, we are creating a robust research and development engine in parallel with the significant growth and opportunity presented by Asia’s evolving biotech industry. A solution could be at hand with Overland Pharmaceuticals. Below is a roundup of some of this week’s interesting news.

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 22, 2023

Now, a research team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard John A. These backpacks are loaded with anti-inflammatory molecules that direct the carrier cells’ differentiation into anti-inflammatory cells in vivo. who is a Core Faculty member at the Wyss Institute.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Business updates Pfizer reported second quarter 2023 revenues totalling $12.7 billion, a decrease of $15.0 billion, or 54%, compared to the prior year quarter, reflecting an operational decline of $14.7 Vaccines were up 9.1%

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 5, 2023

For example, in CAR-T-cell therapy, scientists can take T-cells from a patient and ex vivo (outside the body) genetically engineer them to effectively target and kill cancerous cells, then infuse them back in to the patient. Mark Garner, PhD., RA: Please can you tell us a bit more about your role at Agilent?

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The meeting will focus on the application of genome engineering in identification of novel drug targets through large-scale CRISPR based functional genomics studies, developing advanced cellular and in vivo disease models for target validation, and its applications in therapeutic genome editing. Register here.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Ahead of protein and antibody engineering conference PEGS Europe 2024 in Lisbon, DDW’s Megan Thomas looks at what to expect from each track of the annual biologics technology meeting. Croasdale-Wood will then participate in a keynote chat, interviewed by Miho.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Innovation S-curve for the pharmaceutical industry Gene splicing using nucleases is a key innovation area in the pharmaceutical industry Nucleases play a fundamental role in the field of recombinant DNA technology, or genetic engineering. Gene splicing using nucleases is used to design gene therapeutics for various genetic disorders.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This area of medicine, which turns our own bodies into agents of combat to fight disease, has quickly become one of the most promising fields in treating deadly diseases such as cancer, central nervous system disorders and even musculoskeletal conditions. . Last year saw the sector surge, with levels of investment hitting an all-time high at $22.7

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XTalks

AUGUST 5, 2020

Single cell sequencing has revolutionized the study of biological tissues and systems at the cellular and molecular level. Recent advances in the technology have allowed for the interrogation of distinct subsets of cell populations within tissues, and associated molecular markers that may function as important disease drivers.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As we step into 2024, the life sciences continue to evolve at an unprecedented pace, driven by technological innovation, a deeper understanding of human biology and the application of new technologies in areas like drug development and health wearables. Regulatory bodies are also taking note of the applications of AI in drug development.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 25, 2022

At the moment, it can take weeks to complete the CAR-T process, which includes harvesting of T cells from the patient an shipment to a manufacturing unit, engineering, activation, and expansion of the cells, quality control checks and shipment back to the hospital for re-infusion into the patient.

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Roots Analysis

AUGUST 31, 2023

An additional level of genetic control is provided by gene switches that are located upstream of the promoter region. These genetic switches assist transcription factors in binding to the promoter region. This is true for any genetic products or byproducts of the metabolic pathways that are toxic to the host.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Ahead of protein and antibody engineering conference PEGS Europe 2024 in Lisbon, DDW’s Megan Thomas looks at what to expect from each track of the annual biologics technology meeting.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Gene editing tools such as zinc finger nucleases, transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN) and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) nucleases have been heralded for their enormous potential to treat diseases and genetic disorders. In one example, Choi et al.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 23, 2023

Demonstrating benefits such as fewer side effects and lower cost to enhanced efficacy and accessibility, this emerging therapeutic modality is giving hope to patients and clinicians. The momentum of RNA technologies is apparent in the significant increase in scientific knowledge, IP and deal-making value over recent years.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 12, 2023

Altering one base pair can drastically change how the gene’s protein product functions, while mutations can lead to the development of a range of genetic disorders. . Organoids are 3D tissue models consisting of multiple cell types that could bridge the gap between traditional 2D in vitro cultures and the actual in vivo tissue of the body.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The brainchild of multidisciplinary experts in computer science, physics, engineering, and biology, the field of synthetic biology has not only rapidly progressed in the last few decades but it’s also becoming more accessible and cost-effective. If there’s a mismatch between two strands, the DNA will melt away at a lower temperature.

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Roots Analysis

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Owing to the ability to preserve a wide variety of elements for such a long period of time, including cells, tissues, blood and DNA, cryopreservation has emerged as a key focus area for stakeholders in the biopharmaceutical industry. Therefore, in order to store and preserve such enormous amounts of blood, single-use assemblies are a necessity.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Genetically modified T cells stimulated with IL2 are now administered as cell therapy for multiple cancer cell types with beneficial results 3,4. Cancer is a complex heterogenous multistep disease characterised by uncontrolled cell proliferation combined with a dysregulated immune response. This continues to be the standard of care.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 23, 2023

Increasing interest in CRISPR-Cas gene editing systems over recent years has delivered innovative developments in precision genome engineering technologies, holding enormous potential for applications across the healthcare sector.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 15, 2023

Although such electrophysiological systems may be more predictive of potential cardiac safety and efficacy than non-functional binding assays, many apparently attractive new drugs are still being discontinued later in development. The authors of this review introduced the concept of ‘Eroom’s Law’, which is Moore’s Law spelt backwards.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

These therapies, which utilise human cells to replace diseased or damaged cells or use engineered cells to act as therapies for a specific disease, have become more common in recent years, with approvals and clinical trials increasing. It’s safe to say there is a lot of potential for cell therapies.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Sabbagh will be responsible for expanding Inozyme’s proprietary pipeline by identifying and developing new therapeutics for monogenic and non-genetic diseases of abnormal mineralization. Nielsen, the primary inventor of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) technology, brings extensive experience in genetic medicine to the company.

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XTalks

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Leaving academia for industry is a route that academic scientists and professors did not traditionally pursue in the past due to perceived differences in skillsets, experiences and even associated stigmas. However, this has since changed, and now, transitioning between academia and industry has become more commonplace. Key Moments.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 10, 2023

Until recently, drug carcinogenicity assessment required two different in vivo studies, one of which was typically a two-year lifetime study in rats. Dr Megan MacBride and Dr Caroline Horizny Mitchell , Taconic, examine recent changes to animal testing in drug design. billion and take over 10 years.

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