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BCMA CAR T therapy facilitates potential autoimmune breakthrough
First use of a BCMA CAR T-cell therapy for immune-mediated necrotising myopathy (IMNM), enabled sustained depletion of autoantibodies beyond 18 months, a study shows.
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EPR Podcast 22 – Pharmaceutical packaging – Manu Kittanakere, Gilead
In this podcast, Manu Kittanakere, Associate Director of Packaging Engineering at Gilead discusses the future of pharmaceutical packaging, including the growing importance of AI, automation and sustainability in packaging engineering.
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Immunotherapy drug achieves trial-first in fifty years
Major findings from a Phase III trial show that using immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab post-surgery extended survival and delayed disease recurrence in kidney cancer.
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Medicines for Europe calls for simpler SPC manufacturing waiver
To ensure timely market entry of generics and biosimilars in the EU, the Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) Manufacturing Waiver must be clearer, asserts Medicines for Europe.
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Pharmaceutical industry: 2023 in retrospect
In this article, Dave Elder delves deeper into some ongoing developments in topic areas highlighted in European Pharmaceutical Review (EPR) during 2023.
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First-of-a-kind psoriasis study outcomes revealed
Phase III data for Janssen’s innovative IL-23 inhibitor has revealed that the biologic is effective for adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis (PsO) across all skin tones.
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Whitepaper: What Are Some Hidden Risks Associated with Isolators?
Uncover the pivotal role of isolator technology in enhancing safety and productivity in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.
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Sanofi bets $1.7b on potential best-in-class rare disease therapy
Under its newly agreed acquisition, Sanofi is to acquire Inhibrx, Inc., adding INBRX-101 to its portfolio, a therapy that could improve the treatment options available for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD).
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Pharma Horizons: Artificial Intelligence
EPR's inaugural Pharma Horizons report explores the latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for drug development, pharmaceutical manufacturing and quality control.
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Will new therapeutic agent replace antibodies for bacterial detection?
Aptamers offer a “cutting-edge approach” for identifying gram-negative bacterial pathogens, a paper suggests.
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NICE recommends innovative breast cancer drug
The first BRCA-targeted treatment has been recommended for advanced breast or metastatic breast cancer by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
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Could novel antibiotic successfully treat a ‘priority 1 pathogen’?
Highlighting the potential of a novel antibiotic against acinetobacter infections, GlobalData explained that nine other drugs, alongside this promising treatment, are in clinical development for this indication.
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UK ATMP sector “robust”, research finds
The cell and gene therapy (CGT) sector in the UK is “robust”, with a stable clinical trials landscape, according to research from Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult) and the UK BioIndustry Association (BIA).
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Long-term findings from CAR NK cell therapy trial revealed
One-year results from a cancer therapy trial has reported key findings for the selection criteria for allogeneic cord blood donors in CAR NK cell manufacturing.
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Market outlook to 2032: future trends across the seven major markets
Challenges such as market exclusivity and patient treatment preference are expected to shape the insomnia and Gaucher disease therapy landscape in the seven major markets (7MM) in 2032, research predicts.
