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Merck and Orna partner for RNA technology-based vaccines and therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

These programmes will include therapies and vaccines in infectious disease and oncology areas. oRNA molecules have been demonstrated to possess increased stability in vivo compared to linear mRNA and can potentially create more quantities of therapeutic proteins within the body. .

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Bayer trumpets $1bn CRISPR deal with Mammoth Bio

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The German group is paying $40 million upfront to kick off the alliance, which is focusing on the development of up to five CRISPR drugs that can be delivered in vivo for liver-targeted diseases. – are around one-third the size of the more commonly used Cas9.

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Birinapant licensing; AvantGen, IGM pairs up for anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies; BeiGene, Novartis to co-dvelop Tislelizumab; Valo raises USD190 M; Bluebird Bio Spins-off

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Birinapant is a clinical-stage SMAC mimetic that degrades Inhibitors of Apoptosis Proteins (IAPs) by binding to them, ultimately leading to cell death in tumor cells. The companies believe that their candidate in its original IgG format has shown potent neutralization activity in in vitro assays and in an in vivo animal model.

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Lyfgenia and Casgevy Become First FDA-Approved Gene Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease

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Both gene therapies are approved for individuals 12 years of age and older with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders that affect approximately 100,000 people in the US, most of whom are Black. Casgevy is also the first ever CRISPR/Cas9-based therapy approved in the US.

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Novartis announces lift of partial clinical trial hold and plans to initiate a new, pivotal Phase 3 study of intrathecal OAV-101 in older patients with SMA

The Pharma Data

While disease progression is slower in patients with later-onset SMA, there are significant unmet needs. “We Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that OAV-101 intrathecal (IT) clinical trials for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients may proceed, thereby lifting the partial clinical trial hold initiated in October 2019.

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Advances in neuroscience drug discovery

Drug Discovery World

Dementia is the only major cause of death without a treatment to prevent, slow or stop disease progression. “In With the breadth and range of central nervous system disorders – for example Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis – facing the global population there is an unmet need within this area of drug discovery.

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