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

Pharmaceutical Technology

IO agents include the classes of immune checkpoint modulators, cell therapies, bispecific antibodies, oncolytic viruses, therapeutic vaccines, and cytokines. 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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Immunocore gets EU nod for TCR cancer therapy Kimmtrak

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Immunocore now has approval on both side of the Atlantic for Kimmtrak – the first cancer therapeutic based on T cell receptor (TCR) technology – after getting a green light from the European Commission. It’s the first treatment for mUM in the EU, as well as the first BiTE drug to treat a solid tumour.

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Q&A: A decade on, what’s next for CAR-T therapies?

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But access to these treatments continues to remain limited due to high price tags and variable availability across regions. Currently, all approved CAR-T therapies are autologous, where T cells taken from patients are modified and then re-infused. BL: The ISCT engages with professionals in 65 countries.

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Risk-sharing agreements are growing at a rate of 24%

Pharmaceutical Technology

This is not the first treatment to come with a high price tag. Using this categorization, programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors saw the greatest percentage of RSAs granted. million, according to GlobalData’s Price Intelligence (POLI), making it the most expensive drug in the world.

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Leading innovators in peptide nano-particle conjugates for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

Within the emerging innovation stage, cell therapy for ocular disorders, coronavirus vaccine components, and DNA polymerase compositions are disruptive technologies that are in the early stages of application and should be tracked closely.

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Putting complex medicines under the microscope

European Pharmaceutical Review

Target engagement (efficacy) – cellular uptake and cytoplasmic/nuclear delivery of cargo is a major bottleneck for clinical translation. Figure 2 : Super-resolution imaging of CRISPR/Cas9 reporter cell lines enables visualisation of cellular uptake of complex medicines. Figure 2 ). Challenges .

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Spatial Genomics, Transcriptomics and Proteomics Solutions – An Amelioration of Tissue Analytics

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Recent advances in multi-omics approaches, including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, cytometry and imaging, in combination with bioinformatics and biostatistics, have been translated into several popular bioanalytical platforms, such as next-generation sequencing (NGS), single-cell analysis, flow cytometry and mass spectrometry.

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