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The current pharma business model is unsustainable

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In pharma, growth depends on new products with hefty price tags when over 80% of voters want lower costs for their prescription drugs. According to JAMA , “in a cross-sectional study, between May 1, 2016, and May 31, 2021, there were 207 cancer drug approvals in oncology and malignant hematology. ” The U.S.

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Cartherics grants licence for CTH-004 to Shunxi

Pharmaceutical Technology

Under the deal terms, Shunxi will have licence to develop, manufacture, and commercialise CTH-004 to treat several solid tumours including ovarian cancer in Greater China, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China, and Macao. In animal models of ovarian cancer, it demonstrated promising results.

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After a slow start for expensive CAR-T therapies, drug developers revisit oral therapies for blood cancer

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There’s been huge progress in treatments for blood cancer in recent years – but drawbacks of expensive CAR-T cell and injected antibody therapies have led drug developers to look at novel oral therapies as patient-friendly alternatives. These are particularly important in the progression of certain blood cancers.

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A broad range of unmet needs remains in the immuno-oncology space

Pharmaceutical Technology

Immuno-oncology (IO) agents have transformed the cancer therapeutics landscape, driving long-term remissions in a subset of patients who historically had limited options. All currently approved CAR-Ts are autologous, with the patient’s T-cells being genetically engineered to target antigens expressed by the cancerous cells.

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You can’t afford to get cancer

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OPENING: American cancer patients spent more than $21 billion on their care in 2019. As cancer survival rates rise, so do the price tags of life-saving treatments. Some cancer patients may face out-of-pocket costs of nearly $12,000 a year for one drug. What makes cancer such a financial killer?

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Actualising the power of antibody-drug conjugates as cancer therapeutics

European Pharmaceutical Review

ANTIBODY-DRUG conjugates (ADCs) are therapeutic molecules designed as highly targeted medicines with the promise of changing the way we treat cancer and other diseases. cancer agent or disease-relevant toxin. 2 The role of the antibody is to deliver the payload to a specific site such as a cancer cell.

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bluebird unveils $2.8m price for gene therapy Zynteglo on FDA approval

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.” The gene therapy specialist’s chief executive Andrew Obenshain said the approval “marks a watershed moment for the field of gene therapy” and is “ushering in a new era in which gene therapy has the potential to transform existing treatment paradigms for diseases that currently carry a lifelong burden of care.”

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