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Celltrion’s Avtozma Receives FDA Approval, Making it the Third Actemra Biosimilar to Hit the Market

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Avtozma is a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody that acts as an interleukin 6 (IL-6) receptor antagonist that works by targeting specific inflammatory proteins to dampen immune responses. Avtozma was submitted for regulatory approval to the FDA in January 2024 and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in February 2024.

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World Psoriasis Day 2024: New Treatments and Research Trends

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In August 2024, Artax Biopharma completed patient recruitment for its Phase IIa trial of AX-158, exploring a new immune-modulating therapy for psoriasis. While research is still ongoing, studies suggest that low-calorie diets, the Mediterranean diet and protein restriction may reduce inflammation.

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How Researchers Stumbled Upon an Arthritis Vaccine Just in Time for World Arthritis Day

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The vaccine was tested in rats and showed strong, immediate and long-lasting immune responses to confer protection against the disease. is an autoantigen, which means it is an endogenous antigen that triggers an immune response in the body. as a potential trigger for rheumatoid arthritis. With the finding that 14-3-3?

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CanSinoBIO developed a highly effective COVID vaccine with an inhalant version

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“It is programmed and coded for the production of the full-length spike protein of the coronavirus. It then elicits an immune response against that spike protein. When you have mucosal immunity, the immunoglobulins called IgAs start neutralising the virus at the point of entry. The inhalant version.

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What Do We Really Know About Macrophage Programming?

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The anti-inflammatory macrophages help in preventing an immune response from becoming dangerous, as seen with patients with autoimmune disease. This helps to ensure that inflammation naturally subsides after the initial immune response and promotes tissue repair.

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EMA starts review of latecomer GSK/Sanofi COVID-19 vaccine

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The vaccine – now dubbed Vidprevtyn – is based on a recombinant protein antigen developed by Sanofi’s vaccines unit Sanofi Pasteur, and also includes an immune-boosting adjuvant developed by GSK that aims to boost its efficacy. 1.351) variant first identified in South Africa.

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Symvivo’s Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Enters Clinical Trials

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Symvivo’s bacTRL Gene Therapy Platform is designed and optimized to address limitations associated with typical vaccines, including the inability to accommodate large or multiple genes, lack of specificity to targeted tissue and poor control over immune response, says the company.