Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 1, 2023

1 August was first chosen as World RNA Day in 2018 as a play on AUG (adenine, uracil and guanine), a triple sequence of RNA (called a codon) that initiates protein synthesis by the cell. Since then, it has been observed to publicise the importance of this molecule in the generation of proteins in the body.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

It has been a year dominated by the pandemic and many life sciences research projects were put on hold as big pharma turned its attention to vaccines and therapies. In the 500 patient trial, patients treated with Trodelvy lived for a median of 12.1 months, compared with 6.7 months in patients treated with chemotherapy.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The pandemic might have affected the number of clinical trials taking place for cell and gene therapies, with activity decreasing by around 15% compared to 2020, but major therapies such as Novartis’ gene therapy drug for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Zolgensma still made it to market. .

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