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mRNA Cancer Vaccines and Therapies: An Overview

Advarra

Adoptive T Cell therapies, therapeutic antibodies, and immunomodulatory proteins represent just some of the potentially beneficial treatment strategies for successful mRNA cancer trials. One strategy proposed the use of synthetic mRNA or modified mRNA analogs, which can enhance the stability and protein expression of mRNA.

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Novartis’ Ilaris fails in late-stage COVID-19 trial

pharmaphorum

Novartis’ Ilaris (canakinumab) has failed to produce results in a phase 3 trial, which tested whether it could improve COVID-19 patients’ survival chances without need for mechanical ventilation. The key secondary endpoint was to reduce the COVID-19-related death rate during the four week period after trial treatment.

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Novavax Announces Agreement with Government of New Zealand for 10.7 Million Doses of COVID-19 VaccineAdvance purchase agreement signed for NVX-CoV2373, Novavax’ adjuvanted protein vaccine candidate

The Pharma Data

Currently in Phase 3 clinical testing in the United Kingdom for the prevention of COVID-19, NVX-CoV2373 is a recombinant protein vaccine adjuvanted with Novavax’ proprietary Matrix-M to enhance the immune response. NVX-CoV2373 contains purified protein antigen and can neither replicate, nor can it cause COVID-19. About NVX-CoV2373.

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Enabling the next wave of innovative drug therapies with speciality enzymes

Pharmaceutical Technology

In September 2021, GlobalData figures revealed there to be 1,320 industry-sponsored regenerative medicine and advanced therapy trials ongoing worldwide. You can also use enzymes for product quality assurance, for example, to digest residual nucleic acid in the downstream process, enabling recombinant proteins to meet regulatory guidelines.”.

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How Potential Changes to the NIH Guidelines Could Impact IBC Review

WCG Clinical

This change expanded the definition of HGT research to include research using nucleic acids that are able to replicate, be transcribed, translated into protein, and/or integrate into the host genome. Since then, however, certain genetic engineering technologies (e.g.,

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Researchers successfully exploit virus against advanced cancers

Drug Discovery World

A new genetically engineered herpes virus has delivered a one-two punch against advanced cancers in initial findings from a Phase I trial. The genetically engineered RP2 virus, which is injected directly into the tumours, is designed to have a dual action against tumours.

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AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Shows High Efficacy

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Severe cases of the infection did not occur among trial participants, nor were any hospitalizations reported. The global trials are assessing the safety and efficacy of the vaccine in individuals aged 18 years or over from diverse racial and geographic groups who are healthy or have stable underlying medical conditions.