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Tackling immune-mediated disease with CAR Tregs

European Pharmaceutical Review

In recent years there has been significant development within the cell therapy field, as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy demonstrated an ability to transform the treatment of patients with haematological malignancies. What are Tregs and how are they applicable to immune-mediated disease?

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ESMO: TIL therapy improves on Yervoy in melanoma trial

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A personalised cell therapy based on tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cells has been shown to be more effective at improving progression-free survival than Bristol-Myers Squibb’s immunotherapy Yervoy in patients with advanced melanoma.

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Oncolytic viruses: past and present

European Pharmaceutical Review

However, patient survival rates remain low, with the standard of care delivering a progression?free Upon diagnosis, initial treatment consists of debulking the tumour via surgical resection; however, the location of the tumour dictates the effectiveness of this tactic. It is also the most common primary brain tumour found in adults.

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The State of the Union in Cancer Innovation

PM360

Using this flexible platform, Ambrx is developing engineered precision biologics with site-specific, homogenous, and stable conjugation to overcome limitations of traditional ADC technologies. Cellectis is pioneering the concept of off-the-shelf and ready-to-use gene-edited CAR T-cells to treat cancer patients.

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Content Marketing as a Sales Driver: Unlocking Your Business Potential in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Pharma Marketing Network

This blog post could provide information about the drug’s potential benefits, its side effects, and how it compares to other drugs on the market. This information could be valuable to potential patients who are considering taking the drug, and it could help the company attract new leads.

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Developing novel therapies for NASH

European Pharmaceutical Review

It was engineered using a unique, proprietary glycoPEGylated technology to prolong the biological activity (half-life), while maintaining the efficacy of native FGF21, a metabolic hormone. Pegozafermin also has a favourable safety and tolerability profile, with few gastrointestinal (GI) side effects.

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Paving the way for anti-Abeta active immunotherapy

European Pharmaceutical Review

Targeting toxic species of Abeta, such as multimers (with aducanumab and lecanemab) or pyroglutamate Abeta3-42 (with donanemab), induced significant removal of Abeta plaque load in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, leading to the delay in cognitive decline. Treatment with the mAbs delayed cognitive decline by 2.6 months for lecanemab and 5.5