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Roche launches SARS-CoV-2 variant test to help monitor emerging coronavirus mutations

The Pharma Data

1 lineage gained prominence in late 2020, with each carrying a number of genomic mutations. 1.351 carries another spike mutation E484K, which appears to evade the body’s immune response, possibly diminishing vaccine efficacy. 1.1.7), South Africa (B.1.351), 1.351), and Brazil (P.1). Variants of B.1.1.7, 1.351 and P.1

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Roche’s Tecentriq approved by European Commission as a first-line monotherapy treatment for people with a type of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

The Pharma Data

This includes studies evaluating Tecentriq both alone and in combination with other medicines, as well as studies in metastatic, adjuvant and neoadjuvant settings across various tumour types. Tecentriq significantly improved overall survival in people with high PD-L1 expression, compared with chemotherapy in a Phase III study.

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What to expect from PEGS Europe 2023: Day 1

Drug Discovery World

Ahead of protein and antibody engineering conference PEGS Europe 2024 in Lisbon, DDW’s Megan Thomas looks at what to expect from each track of the annual biologics technology meeting. Luncheon presentations will be given by Andrew Bradbury, MB BS, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Specifica, and Stefanie Kall, Ph.D.,

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How T Cell Tests Could Trump Antibody Tests in the Detection of COVID-19

XTalks

The cell-based tests are designed to identify specific T cells that are activated in response to a pathogen — which in this case would be SARS-CoV-2. Meanwhile, Indoor Biotechnologies has been working with Cardiff University’s School of Medicine on its test. At that point in time, 81 people tested positive for the virus.