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CHMP meeting highlights, January 2022
The EMA’s Human Medicines Committee (CHMP) recommended approval of Paxlovid for COVID-19 and a new gene therapy for large B-cell lymphomas.
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Takeda to acquire Adaptate for novel T-cell engager technology
Takeda’s acquisition of Adaptate Biotherapeutics will enhance efforts to develop cell engager therapies for solid tumours.
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Graft engineering sees potential to reduce GVHD risk in leukemia patients
New study shows risk of developing graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in leukaemia patients reduced by removing naïve T cells from donor blood used for stem cell grafts.
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EPR Podcast Episode 6 – Precision Medicine with Laetitia Decroix Guilloux and Edmond Chan, Janssen
Why are precision medicines important? What challenges face their development and manufacture? Where could they be in 10 years? Discover all this and more in this podcast with Janssen!
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EPR Podcast Episode 5 – ATMP manufacturing and QC – Rey Mali, Accellix and Félix Montero-Julian, bioMérieux
Join Rey Mali and Félix Montero-Julian as they discuss the challenges facing the manufacture and QC of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) and potential solutions.
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First patient dosed with BioNTech’s mRNA-based immunotherapy
BioNTech expands clinical oncology portfolio with first patient dosed in Phase II trial of mRNA-based vaccine for colorectal cancer.
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Opdivo® and Yervoy® combo increases mesothelioma survival
Opdivo and Yervoy displayed a 23 percent survival rate at three years compared to 15 percent with chemotherapy, Phase III trial shows.
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Abecma is the first treatment approved by EC for multiple myeloma
The European Commission (EC) has approved Abecma, the first anti-BCMA CAR T-cell therapy for patients with multiple myeloma.
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Collaboration to develop an automated CAR T-cell manufacturing system for clinics
German oncology clinics are working with Optima Pharma to create an automated manufacturing unit for decentralised production of CAR T-cell therapies in treatment centres.
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CAR T therapy achieves high remission rate in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia trial
Trial data shows 71 percent of adult B cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia patients receiving Tecartus® autologous anti-CD19-transduced CD3+ cell infusion achieved complete remission.
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Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine can protect against variants of concern
Trial shows the single-shot Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine generates robust immune responses against several COVID-19 variants.
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A new small molecule drug discovery and development platform for HLA-associated autoimmune diseases
In the arsenal of approved small molecule drugs, effective, genetically-targeted therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases are conspicuously scarce. ImmunoMolecular Therapeutics (IM Therapeutics) has developed a paradigm for the discovery and development of new molecular entities as a broad platform for blocking genetic targets that confer risk of disease development…
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INO-4800 COVID-19 vaccine provides cross-reactive immune responses against variants
Antibodies induced by the investigational DNA vaccine candidate, INO-4800, were found to be able to neutralise three SARS-CoV-2 emerging variants of concern.
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Using albumin could facilitate vaccination by inhalation, finds pre-clinical study
MIT researchers developed and tested in mice intratracheal vaccines to protect against the vaccinia virus and the formation of lung cancer.
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How has COVID-19 impacted the development of cell and gene therapies?
European Pharmaceutical Review’s Hannah Balfour explores the findings of the Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Catapult’s 2020 advanced therapy medicinal product trials report and discusses how the European and global CGT markets are expected to perform in coming years.
