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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. Dr Loubna Bouarfa, Founder and CEO, OKRA.ai

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Wainua (Eplontersen) Now FDA-Approved for Rare Disease ATTRv-PN

XTalks

Wainua is the only FDA-approved drug for the treatment of ATTRv-PN that can be self-administered via an auto-injector. Approval of Wainua represents a meaningful advancement in treatment, one that gives those who are living with transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy help managing the disease,” said Michael J.

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World’s First RSV Vaccine + First Novel Treatment for ALS – Xtalks Life Science Podcast Ep. 109

XTalks

In this episode, Ayesha talked about the FDA approval of the world’s first vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The vaccine is approved for adults 60 years of age and older. Ayesha and the team also discussed the FDA approval of Qalsody (tofersen), a novel, first-of-its-kind treatment for ALS.

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Amvuttra RNAi Therapeutic Wins FDA Approval for Rare Genetic Protein Disorder

XTalks

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a leading RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics biopharmaceutical company, announced it received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its RNAi therapeutic Amvuttra (vutrisiran) for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated (ATTR) amyloidosis in adults.

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Izervay Becomes Second FDA-Approved Drug for Geographic Atrophy

XTalks

The FDA approval of Izervay is great news for the retina community and our patients suffering from geographic atrophy,” said Arshad M. Avacincaptad pegol combines an RNA aptamer with a roughly 43-kiloDalton (kDa) branched polyethylene glycol (PEG) molecule. How Does Izervay Work?

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Krystexxa Chronic Gout Medication Gets Expanded FDA Approval

XTalks

Related: Vtama (tapinarof) Cream Gains FDA Approval for the Treatment of Plaque Psoriasis in Adults. The company has partnered with the likes of HemoShear Therapeutics to discover new gout therapies, as well as Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals to develop an RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic for the disease.

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Complex Medicines: A multi-billion-pound addition to the UK life sciences industry

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Drugs harnessing the potential of modified RNA, antisense and siRNA oligonucleotides, antibody–drug conjugates and nanomedicines will become as important as today’s ‘small molecule’ drugs, reaching potential market values into the hundreds of billions – if the potential can be realised through innovation support and industry collaboration.