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Vertex signs licence deal with CRISPR Therapeutics for diabetes therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

The gene-editing technology allows for precise, directed changes to genomic DNA. Under the terms of the deal, the company will receive non-exclusive rights to CRISPR/Cas9, a gene-editing technology of CRISPR Therapeutics, for the development of potentially curative T1D cell therapies. The system comprises the Cas9 enzyme and a guide RNA.

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Treatment Reverses Young Man’s Type 1 Diabetes. Will It Last?

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7, 2020 — After starting a drug that’s officially approved to treat a type of blood cancer, a young man with type 1 diabetes was able to stop using insulin. He’s been off insulin since August 2018 — more than two years. WEDNESDAY, Oct. No treatments are approved for reversing type 1 diabetes.

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Excellence Awards 2022 – Winners Announced!

Pharmaceutical Technology

The two companies have signed a five-year collaboration to leverage genomics and artificial intelligence (AI) to discover and develop new treatments for diseases with unmet medical needs. Deerfield and Illumina win the Research and Development award this year due to their commitment to research into AI-driven therapies. Civica JAAQ Sanofi.

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New DDW Highlights podcast: 10 July 2023

Drug Discovery World

In other headline news, the FDA approved the first cellular therapy for type 1 diabetes which could allow some patients to become insulin-independent, and a new study linked severe Covid-19 outcomes with high levels of antibiotics use.

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Chipscreen and HISUN reach a strategic cooperation

The Pharma Data

As the world’s first PPAR pan agonist that completed two confirmatory phase III clinical trials, Chiglitazar Sodium has shown significant and long-lasting hypoglycemic effects in a series of clinical studies, as well as other comprehensive effects including significant insulin sensitization and blood lipid regulation.

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This week in drug discovery (3-7 July)  

Drug Discovery World

In other headline news, the FDA approved the first cellular therapy for type 1 diabetes which could allow some patients to become insulin-independent, and a new study linked severe Covid-19 outcomes with high levels of antibiotics use.

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Rather than selling, Novartis could spin Sandoz off into its own separate entity with its own listing on a stock exchange.