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Integrating personalised colorectal cancer vaccines into the evolving treatment landscape

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

The idea of cancer vaccines is not new, but Dr Victoria Kunene, consultant medical oncologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK, is leading the charge in their latest iteration: personalised preventative and therapeutic mRNA vaccines against colorectal cancer.

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The imperative of fridge-free vaccines

European Pharmaceutical Review

Many of today’s vaccines are produced in ready-to-inject liquid formulations that must be kept cold to maintain stability. However, this greatly complicates both the worldwide distribution and stockpiling of vaccines and other drugs. A requisite cold chain has been designed and implemented to be uninterrupted from factory to patient.

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Investment fuels AI-driven development of breakthrough genomic medicines

pharmaphorum

Del Bourgo highlights that genomic treatments work in a similar way to mRNA, which has been used in COVID-19 vaccines. Similar to how we injected mRNA into people to trigger an immune response and train their immune system against COVID-19, genomic medicine repairs cellular or molecular mechanisms that are dysfunctional and cause disease.”.

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Immuno-oncology market set to grow in billions, but access concerns remain

Pharmaceutical Technology

While the market was worth over $6 billion in 2012, this has now grown to nearly $48 billion only a decade later, said Avigayil Chalk, PhD, GlobalData’s Senior Oncology and Haematology analyst, at an immuno-oncology webinar held on May 23. was powered by the advent of immune-checkpoint inhibitors, added Chalk.

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Phase 2 trial finds intra-nasal INNA-051 accelerates respiratory virus clearance

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

The body’s innate immune system is designed to provide the first line of defence against microbial pathogens and which is achieved via the use of Toll-like receptors (TLR), i.e., microbe recognition receptors present on the surface of cells.

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Getting on with Rare Disease Therapeutic Options (Orphan Disease Therapies)

PharmaShots

The act includes drugs, vaccines, and therapeutics that are intended to treat a disease affecting <200,000 American citizens. UniQure’s Glybera is the first approved gene therapy by the EMA in the year 2012 for the treatment of a rare disease lipoprotein lipase deficiency.

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Top 20 RNAi Therapeutic Companies Based on 2022 R&D Expenditure

PharmaShots

Founded Year: 2012 Total Employees: ~190 Headquarters: California, United States Market Cap: $1.2B Through its internal development, partnerships, and acquisitions, the company has put together four technology platforms that primarily focus on antibodies, T cells, innate immunity, and siRNAs. R&D Expenditure: $150.4M