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STAT+: New CAR-T company, Brainchild Bio, will focus first on brain tumors in children

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About a decade ago, Mike Jensen, a pediatric oncologist at Seattle Children’s hospital, licensed to a startup his designs for a powerful new type of therapy, called CAR-T, that would re-engineer a child’s own immune cells to target cancer. The deal proved be a mixed blessing. But it was never approved for childhood cancer. 

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Sanofi adds BTK inhibitors to pipeline with $3.68bn Principia Biopharma acquisition

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Sanofi’s acquisition builds on a partnership to develop central nervous system drugs that began in late 2017. In a statement Sanofi said that the acquisition will give it full control of the brain-penetrant BTK inhibitor, SAR442168, making marketing more efficient and eliminating any royalty payments due under the 2017 agreement.

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NK cell immunotherapy: what’s next in clinical development?

European Pharmaceutical Review

He discusses why NK cell therapy’s ability to generate ‘synthetic immunity’ in the body means this modality holds potential as an anti-cancer treatment. We specialise in the development of new cutting-edge immunotherapies , based on the use of therapeutic antibodies capable of activating the immune system to fight cancer.

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Key vaccine adjuvant biosynthesised

European Pharmaceutical Review

highlighted in the paper a key milestone achieved by the vaccine industry in 2017: “the first saponin adjuvant AS01 was approved for use in a human vaccine, the highly effective shingles vaccine Shingrix (produced by GSK).” “Our Martin et al. Our study opens unprecedented opportunities for bioengineering vaccine adjuvants.

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Can you drink coffee while taking prednisone?

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It is used to control inflammation by suppressing the immune system,” says Jelena Radan, Pharm.D. According to a 2017 study , the beverage acts in an anti-inflammatory manner on different components of the immune system, such as natural killer (NK) cells, monocytes, and neutrophils.

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What is Type 3 diabetes? Understanding the diabetes-dementia link

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There are four commonly accepted kinds of diabetes: Type 1 diabetes: A problem with the immune system prevents the pancreas from producing enough insulin. A critical appraisal , Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Molecular Basis of Disease (2017) Mayo Clinic Minute: Is Alzheimer’s Type 3 diabetes?

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GSK partners LifeMine on fungi-derived medicines

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There’s a rich history of finding useful medicines from fungi, from the antibiotic penicillin to immune suppressant cyclosporine and cholesterol drug lovastatin. The examples remain few and far between, however, as in recent decades the pharma industry has turned its attention to synthetic molecules and biologics like antibodies.