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New whitepaper on trends in precision medicine: Cancer

Drug Discovery World

Precision medicine uses information about an individual’s genes, proteins, and environment to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases, including cancer. Differences in DNA, RNA, and protein can be identified in individual tissue samples, and even in individual cells.

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Evolution in Hepatitis B and C Virus: Can we expect success similar to Hepatitis C in Hepatitis B as well?

Delveinsight

This discovery led to the development of diagnostic tests and an effective vaccine, and Blumberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 for this discovery. The first approved treatment for hepatitis C was a series of protein-based injections called recombinant interferon-alfa (IFNa). Hepatitis Treatment pattern.

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FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Use of Investigational Drug Maribavir (TAK-620) to Treat Post-Transplant Recipients with Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection and Disease Refractory to Treatment With or Without Resistance

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee (AMDAC) voted unanimously to recommend use of maribavir (TAK-620) for the treatment of refractory cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease with genotypic resistance to ganciclovir, valganciclovir, foscarnet or cidofovir in transplant recipients.

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Roche provides molecular testing solutions to identify and differentiate SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants of concern

The Pharma Data

TIB Molbiol offers a broad range of VirSNiP variant test kits for the detection of key spike protein mutations. The company launched eight RUO VirSNiP test kits for use on LightCycler® and cobas z 480 analyzers, for the detection of key spike protein mutations present in the novel B.1.1.529 1.1.529 Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant.

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Innovative Companies Diving into The Neuro Market Ahead of 2021

The Pharma Data

Vigil’s pipeline strategy is to target these diseases by combining a high-level understanding of microglia physiology, disease genotyping, and patient phenotyping to identify specific genetic variations associated with microglial dysfunction. Li is a prominent neuroscientist and former professor at Johns Hopkins Medicine.

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Treatment of Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

The Pharma Data

SG is a first-in-class therapy targeting Trop-2, a protein frequently expressed in multiple types of epithelial tumors, such as TNBC, where high expression is associated with poor survival and relapse. Canada, Switzerland and Australia, as well as in Singapore through our partner Everest Medicines. Gilead Sciences, Inc.

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RNA editing oligonucleotide selected for AATD treatment 

Drug Discovery World

Korro’s RNA editing approach has the potential to be transformative for AATD patients and Korro is well-positioned to deliver a best-in-class therapeutic.

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