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How will $41 million be used to fight chronic and age-related diseases? 

Drug Discovery World

Juvena Therapeutics, a biotechnology company scaling a computational platform to map the therapeutic potential of secreted proteins, has raised $41 million in an oversubscribed Series A, bringing its total funding to $50 million. This platform is applicable across a wide scope of disease indications.

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Company Spotlight: Cue Biopharma Innovates in the Immunotherapy Space with its Immuno-STAT Platform

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chimeric receptor antigen [CAR] T cell) immune modulators (i.e. protein-based biologics) and vaccine treatments. Immune checkpoint inhibitors : these are drugs that block immune checkpoints, allowing immune cells to elicit enhanced responses to cancer cells. Immune system modulators (i.e.

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Surrogate Endpoints: How to Choose the Best One for Your Rare Disease Trial

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Acromegaly Surrogate Endpoint: Serum growth hormone and serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) are acceptable surrogate endpoints for acromegaly clinical trials involving somatostatin analogs such as octreotide, lanreotide and pasireotide. Nizoral is prescribed off-label, while the others are FDA approved.

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Advances in the Battle Against Autoimmune Disease

The Pharma Data

Scientists will be testing a drug class targeting the C-reactive protein (CRP) marker of acute inflammation in the body. The protein may be involved in such conditions, and a CRP test may be used to find or monitor conditions that cause inflammation. These include inflammatory bowel disease, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis.