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Boehringer Ingelheim agrees $2bn siRNA therapeutic collaboration
The collaboration seeks to develop new siRNA treatments for the liver diseases nonalcoholic or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (NASH/MASH).
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Driving QbD as a quality standard in drug development
To facilitate Quality by Design (QbD) in becoming a true standard approach for drug development, pharma should attend regulatory expectations and pursue innovative frameworks that guarantee high-quality levels, researchers urge.
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AstraZeneca to advance haematology cell therapy
The new acquisition grants AstraZeneca rights to a new CAR-T cell therapy with a differentiated manufacturing process that could provide a potential best-in-class blood cancer treatment.
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NK cell immunotherapy: what’s next in clinical development?
In this interview, Innate Pharma’s Yannis Morel, Executive Vice President of product portfolio strategy and business development, delves into the unique advantages of using multi-specific antibodies capable of engaging NK cells against tumours for oncology indications, and shares key data from the company’s ongoing and recent clinical trials.
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Advancing AOCs to transform the delivery of RNA therapeutics
In this article, Dr Michael Flanagan discusses how a new class of medicines called antibody oligonucleotide conjugates (AOCs) have the potential to overcome a major challenge encountered with many established RNA-based therapeutics: delivery to tissues outside the liver. Last year, AOCs demonstrated the first-ever successful targeted delivery of RNA into…
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‘Innovation-first’ mindset vital for advanced therapies sector future
Improving data harmonisation and investing in the advanced therapy sector’s workforce are some of the key recommendations the sector must take to advance the field and increase patient access, a new report highlights.
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Antibody-immunotherapy combination shows promise in lung cancer
A study evaluating the combination of a PD1 inhibitor with dupilumab enabled one out of six lung cancer patients to achieve a near-complete clinical response two months post-treatment, a paper states.
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UK’s entrance into Horizon Europe finalised
The EU-UK Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes has adopted the political agreement on UK’s association to the Horizon Europe programme.
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Innovative technologies facilitate novel contamination-detection method
A new 24-hour sterility testing method combining nanopore sequencing and machine learning could revolutionise sterility assurance in biopharmaceutical manufacturing of cell therapies.
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Cell and gene therapy: manufacturing and talent trends 2023
In this interview, Stephen Ward, Chief Manufacturing Officer and Jeanette Evans, Chief Business Officer, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, highlight key data from the organisation’s recent GMP Manufacturing Survey and Skills Demand reports, and present insight into the sector’s current and future landscape.
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Cold storage market to value $383bn by 2032
The combination of tech innovation, automation, and sustainability is reshaping the landscape of cold storage solutions, research says.
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Could stem cell therapy stabilise MS progression?
Positive findings from a first-in-human trial means that an advanced cell therapy for progressive multiple sclerosis will be evaluated in Phase II.
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Whitepaper: LED illumination: a win-win for microscopy and sustainability
Explore how LED microscopy illumination can improve the sustainability of research and development, but also the performance of widefield fluorescence microscopy.
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Novo Nordisk to expand French production facilities
Using an investment of more than €2.1 billion, a planned expansion at one of Novo Nordisk’s strategic production sites will include additions such as aseptic production and the extension of its Quality Control Laboratory.
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Boehringer Ingelheim to advance bacterial cancer therapeutics
Through a new acquisition, Boehringer Ingelheim will have rights to a platform that enables the design of immuno-oncology combination therapies in one single agent.
